ui changes

Microsoft has been cranking out updates to enhance, iterate, or sometimes bloat its beloved (and occasionally pesky) Windows operating system. On November 22, 2024, the latest non-security patch for Windows 11 24H2—titled KB5046740—was unleashed. And let's just say, it brings gifts in the form...

The long-standing Control Panel in Microsoft Windows, a staple since the very first version of the operating system, is set to be eliminated in favor of the more modern Settings menu. This change, announced recently by Microsoft, brings a significant shift in how users will interact with their...

I am 58 and have been using Windows probably since Windows 95 started. And yes, there have been problems (XP) But Windows 11 has to be, by far, the worst! It's pretty fast and doesn't have many errors...BUT, you took away ALL user controls!!!! I am a graphic designer and my work is based on...

Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22533 to the Dev Channel. TL;DR We are resetting the rollout of the updated entry point for Widgets with weather on the taskbar first introduced with Build 22518. As a result, some Insiders who had this enabled may...

Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22000.100 to everyone in the Dev Channel! Changes and Improvements We have started rolling out Chat from Microsoft Teams to Insiders in the Dev Channel. Not everyone will see it right away, The hidden icons flyout...

Hello Windows Insiders! Today, we are releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17677 (RS5) to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring in addition to those who opted in to Skip Ahead. What’s new in Build 17677 Microsoft Edge Improvements New, clearer “Settings and more” (“…”) menu: We’ve...

Hello Windows Insiders! Today, we are releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17035 for PC to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring and for those who opted in to Skip Ahead. PLEASE NOTE: Due to a bug that causes PCs with AMD processors to bugcheck during upgrading to current builds, we are...

Hello Windows Insiders! Today it has been exactly 1 year since we launched Windows 10. We released the first major update for Windows 10 in November. And on Tuesday – we will begin to roll out the Windows 10 Anniversary Update to over 350 million devices. We’ve had 3 major releases in 1 year...

Hi everyone, Today we are releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 14352 to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring. Here’s what’s new in Build 14352 Cortana Improvements Cortana, Your Personal DJ: In addition to playing songs via your local files and OneDrive, you also now have the ability to...

Suggested apps will now appear on your Start Menu after the November Update to Windows 10. read more Continue reading...

It seems that Microsoft bring out a new operating system every 3 years or so. It is getting impossible to keep up with it. The recent new version of Windows is Windows 10 which I have tried one of the builds a few months ago. While I found that all of the software that I used on Windows 8 works...

As you know by now one of the major benefits we’re working on for Windows 10 is a single Store and Dev Center experience across devices. Creating that single Store platform requires a wide range of updates and enhancements to our backend process and infrastructure in addition to the UI changes...

Greg Shultz takes a look at where the controls that used to appear on the Charms Bar have gone in Windows 10. Continue reading...

News has leaked that the big update for Windows 8 next year entitled Windows Blue will not contain any form of Start Button or menu. Reference: Sorry, Windows Blue won't bring back the Start button

According to an article over at Neowin.net the next big update for Windows 8 is code named Windows Blue and it's scheduled for some time in 2013. Essentially this is a service pack with a difference, changes to the UI including a more flexible tile size and a broader range of colour as well as...

Based on what Microsoft has shown so far, the Windows 8 tablet interface (or "tailored UI" in Microsoftese) will look and work a lot like Windows Phone 7. Source: Yahoo! News

The video below is A concept shown by Craig Mundie, Microsoft’s chief research and strategy officer. It shows a new “bubble” interface that Microsoft has been working on that is interesting From DailyTech.com Bubbles are auto-generated in various categories (personal, entertainment, gaming...

Link Removed - Invalid URL Google has taken an interesting move in the latest developer builds of its Chrome browser. The company has stripped out the http:// prefix from web addresses, leaving them to start solely with "www." On the vast majority of sites, you'll no longer see those letters...

Anyone smart enough to edit the UI and improve the Controll Panel... Makes me feel sick evertime i look at it

I got some screenshots of Windows 7 M3 posted on the mag: http://win7mag.com/2008/09/first-screenshots-of-windows-7-out/ So, what do you think? I think it's interesting, so looks like there will be UI changes in Windows 7.