I read many forum remarks on the new features in Windows 10, and, in particular, plans for the future. In spite of reading up on official blogs and any other sources, I cannot confirm a great deal on the subject.
I thought it would be fun to post a list of what is, so far, a fact. These are definitely , imho's, particularly my comments.
1. Microsoft Edge. (still called Project Spartan for now). I us a combination of the improved IE and Chrome. With so many third party bowsers available, this does not interest me.
2. Xbox capabilities from within Windows, with streaming. I use this, and like it.
3. Cortana. No particular use for it on any platform. Cute, though.
4. Available, in almost identical form, across multiple platforms. That includes mobile phones.
6. Reintroduction of the more familiar text style start menu. Liked by some, shunned by others.
7. Free upgrade for most, excluding the Enterprise editions. - A big plus for MS, as far as promotion of the new Windows is concerned, and a huge reduction in the permanent future in maintenance bothers..
8. The availability of universal Apps could be considered a desirable new feature.
9. New Action centre, synced across all Apps. (A good thing?)
10. Merging of the legacy Control panel with the new settings. I was quite at home with the old CP, and consider this a loss, not an improvement.
11. Improved ability to detect changes of mouse and keyboard input, on the fly.
12. Improved Touchscreen capability.
13. New Office. Whether desktop, or on line, I cannot view this as being a Windows 10 improvement.
14. Improved security. (?) Anything labelled Microsoft is bait for hackers - they'll get there.
14. Apart from these. Users may have individual views regarding the moving around of well known functions. I could not, again, view this as an "improved " feature, as it could be seen by the majority of users coming from earlier OSs, as a handicap.
The future.
The only outstanding item I have read on this is the eventual introduction of the holographical feature. We will have to wait and see on that one. I visualise a need to purchase quite a bit of add on equipment before that could work - whether with Windows 10 or any other OS.
Anyone who has spotted other "new" features which they find outstandingly useful, please comment.