Microsoft Windows 8 and its ultra cool new features

Finally, the wait to see the Microsoft's Windows 8 is over. On comparing the features of this latest operating system with the previous versions, you will notice certain dramatic changes. Wednesday’s D9 conference saw Steven Sinofsky, president of Windows Live and Windows, and Walt Mossberg from All Things D, coming together to preview the imminent OS that will soon power various desktops, laptops, tablets and even more. Windows 8 will come with a touch interface and the new home screen will be similar to the home screen of Windows Phone 7. It will feature sliding tiles, which will have room for finger gestures instead of cursor clicks. The user will simply have to slide through these tiles for navigating through the programs. Creating something, which works equally good on an 8-inch tablet as well as on a desktop, is the primary objective of introducing this new operating system.

Microsoft Windows 8 and ultra cool new feature

Let's look at some unique features of Microsoft Windows 8:

Touch interface

Touch Interface

The main feature of the interface is the latest start screen, which looks very similar to the tile-based Windows Phone 7 interface. One can view all the programs as tiles, and the users can open the programs with just the touch of their finger. The standard Windows desktop has also been manipulated for making it touch friendly. It uses a new sort of ‘Fuzzy hit targeting’, for adjusting the fact that touching with fingers

is not as precise as clicking with a mouse.

Application support

Application support

There are two types of applications that Windows 8 supports. One of them is the typical Windows application and the other is the application that has to be written in JavaScript and HTML5 and gives the impression of a mobile application. Windows 8 will come with a configured Internet Explorer 10 and numerous other widget-like applications, with which you can check the weather and stock prices as well. Even though any details are yet not out, but it is likely that the start screen will include a link to a a store. This supposedly confirms the plans of Microsoft to distribute Windows programs directly like Apple.

Support for various processors

Microsoft Windows 8 and ultra cool new feature

The flexibility of Windows is increasing day by day. Back in January, Microsoft declared that the upcoming edition of Windows would shore up Nvidia’s ARM-based chips, Qualcomm and Texas Instruments, as well as conventional Windows processors from AMD and Intel. Even

though the Intel-based systems were utilized for the demonstration, yet there are plans of demonstrating a few ARM-based at the Computex trade show, scheduled in Taiwan.

Program types of Windows 8

Windows 8 Program Types

As mentioned earlier, that Windows 8 will come with many programs and user applications on the start screen, which will give the users a ready access to different kind of applications. Therefore, the big change in Windows 8 will be the support for two separate kinds of applications. This will completely transform the way we use and interact with the next generation operating system. The latest applications will be similar to the web applications because of the JavaScript or HTML5 coding. Such applications will look similar to those that you find on iPhone, Windows 7, and Android devices, and will work in full-screen mode even within IE (Internet Explorer) 10.

Windows 8 Beta

Windows 8 Beta Support to different kind of processors

In the coming September, we might also get an idea about the Windows 8 Beta at Microsoft Development event. Earlier Windows 7 was also released with a Beta, which helped users to become friendly with the new operating system.

Windows 8 - when?

Where Will You Find Windows 8?

Well, Microsoft is trying hard to succeed with Windows 8, which scales across various processors and devices. Referring to the objective of making Microsoft Windows 8 work on desktops, laptops and tablets, Sinofsky stated this strategy to All Things D as “No compromise." Windows 8 OS has been under works from the time when Windows 7 was shipped in July 2009, but few questions still remain answered - like when the OS will be ready, and who'll be the main gainers? This is why we look forward for the conference scheduled in mid-September in Anaheim, Calif.