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Message: <blockquote data-quote="NewUser2014" data-source="post: 17191234" data-attributes="member: 515036">Windows 9 changes and new features<img src="http://www.extremetech.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/windows-9-start-menu-640x353.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Microsoft is all set to officially unveil Windows 9 at a special event on September 30  — and so we thought it would be a good time to run through everything  that we already know about Microsoft’s new operating system. Most of  these features and changes are reliably sourced from people close to the  development of Windows 9 or from leaked builds of the Windows 9  Technical Preview. We’ll also update this story with an official list of  Windows 9 features when Microsoft starts releasing public beta builds  next week. In short, if you want to find out about Windows 9, this is  the place to be.After the very poor response to Windows 8, and  the bitter taste it left in the mouths of millions of users, Windows 9  is a very important release for Microsoft. On the one hand, it needs to  rectify Windows 8′s wrongs and offer normal PC users a reason to upgrade  from Windows XP or 7. On the other hand, Microsoft continues to lose  ground in the mobile sector as well. Windows 9 will actually have to be  the jack of all trades, rather than Windows 8′s rather ignominious  status as the master of none. How will Microsoft do this? Well, let’s  take a look.Windows 9 for desktop and laptop usersThe Start menu returns.  After a few years of claiming that the Metro-style Start screen was  just as good for mouse-and-keyboard use as touchscreen use, Microsoft  has finally backed down. Windows 9 will have a Start menu  on the Desktop; the left side will look a lot like the standard Windows  7 Start menu, but the right side will have the option of being  populated with Metro-style live tiles. The left side of the menu will  adopt a new Metro-like look, too — though you may be able to configure  it to look like the good ol’ Windows 7 Start menu.Virtual desktops. In Windows 9, you will have the option of using virtual desktops.  Right now you just have one desktop per monitor — but with virtual  desktops, you can switch between as many desktops as you like. This is a  popular power user feature that has been present on some Linux window  managers and via third-party Windows tools for years — but now it’ll be  native in Windows 9.Metro apps on the Desktop.  Rather than forcing you into the full-screen Metro interface, Windows 9  will let you run Metro apps on the Desktop in a window. In theory this  will mean that mouse-and-keyboard users might now actually use Metro  apps, which in turn might kickstart the arrival of some better apps in  the Windows Store. Or not.<a href="http://www.extremetech.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/windows-9-explorer-new-icon-flat.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.extremetech.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/windows-9-explorer-new-icon-flat-640x480.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>Windows 9 Desktop, showing a new, very flat Explorer (note the new icon too)Desktop interface overhaul.  It’s not entirely clear yet, but it seems the Windows 9 Desktop will  receive a graphical overhaul, to make it even flatter. The leaked  Windows 9 Technical Preview shows some flatter icons and thinner window  borders — and I suspect we’ll see some further UI changes in later  preview builds. (If you recall, the first Windows 8 Developer Preview  still looked a lot like Windows 7, and became more flat and less opaque  as the development process went on.) Curiously, there does appear to be a  drop shadow behind the Explorer window in the Windows 9 screenshot  above — Windows 8 got rid of a lot of shadows, so it would be  interesting if they made a return.The Metro interface may be removed.  In the last few months, there has been rumblings from Redmond that the  Windows 9 experience might be formally split in two: A Metro-only  experience for touchscreen/tablet users, and a Desktop-only experience for mouse-and-keyboard users.  One of the biggest complaints of Windows 8 is the way it forces you  into the Metro interface when you’re using a mouse and keyboard, and the  Desktop interface when you’re using a touchscreen. It isn’t clear if  the Metro interface will be removed entirely from “Windows 9 for the  Desktop” — more realistically, to cater for users of hybrids and  touchscreen laptops, there’ll just be a check box somewhere for “never  show me the Metro interface.”Lots of other tweaks to the Windows 9 Desktop.  In addition to all of the above, the Charms bar is also being removed  (from the Desktop interface at least; it might hang around on  touchscreen devices). The Technical Preview has a Notifications  panel that pops up from the bottom right corner (video above), though I  don’t think this is its final format or placement. There will also  likely be tweaks for multi-monitor and high-res (hi-dpi) setups, too.</blockquote>

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