Thursday 3 April 2014

Microsoft's Unveiled More User Friendly Windows 8.1

With the updates of Windows 8.1 Phone, Microsoft is now proclaimed some new features for Windows 8.1 too. Microsoft has been working on this process since it released Windows 8 two years ago. Now Windows 8's latest update will get it closer to its task's finishing state.  Microsoft gives assurance about Windows 8.1 that it will improve the experience for mouse and keyboard user who still like to employing it and user friendly also.


According to the Microsoft, Windows 8.1 has officially been extended to manufactures and will be available as an update of Windows 8 of old OS version. As at Microsoft's Annual Build Developer Conference in San Francisca, it was announced that many changes of Windows 8.1 will fix issues directly that are slumping Windows sales. The company's goal is to make vague between the legacy of desktop mode and tablet mode.

Windows 8 is not much user friendly for first time user according to the user's feedback. This problem is set to alter many features of OS that may have been confusing first time users. Windows Team has detected some problem in previous version that will sort out in Windows 8.1 most probably.

Refurbish Start View :-

Windows has checked that when it is running on a desktop, it will be changed in the GUI instead of entering the Morden UI Start Screen. On the other hand, tablets will still boot to the tile-based Start Screen. With this update, Start Menu will comeback with a power button on the Start Screen that will combine a look of Microsoft's familiar old menu and Title based menu as a new Hybrid UI. This will be helpful for the first time users who got Windows 8 tedious to look for shutdown button under Charms menu.


Internet Explorer 11 :-

The IE 11 has been also updated to fix compatibility issues for Windows 8.1, Windows 7 and for Windows Phone 8.1. For user's better browsing experience, it will detect the Windows device automatically and adjust the number of on screen tabs, size of fonts text and many others. IE 11 can automatically switch to legacy mode or modern mode to furnish right environment for enterprise users. IE 11 is now integrated with Cortana features that will display alerts in a row along the bottom.

Taskbar in Hybrid UI :- 

With this Windows 8.1 update, it is back with the taskbar within Live Tiles UI of Start Menu. This would be helpful in switching between apps on desktop and Morden UI. Now user can easily pin Windows 8 app to taskbar and can also minimize and close it like previous version of Windows. Taskbar also will have feature of auto hide as in typical Windows and can also accessible within Modern Apps and Live Tile UI.

Taskbar accessible from Desktop as well as Modern UI (Image: ArsTechnica)

Better Supportable For Mouse and Keyboard User :-

With the new update version of Windows 8.1, it will be equally user friendly for mouse and keyboard user same as touchscreen user. With this, Windows store apps also includes a minimize button that pushes app in the background and a close button to terminate that app. It brings windowed mode for Morden UI apps that can make easy to open every app in a window and move to next app without facing any problem to minimize that currently opened app.

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