Saturday, December 27, 2008

20 New Features of Windows 7

Many have no patience to wait out the Windows 7 (W7), successor of Windows Vista. Not as Microsoft keep many new features W7, but semiua confidentiality has expired, Microsoft gives developers a lot about the leak leak-W7 in the PDC. TTehcnologizer the opportunity to try W7 seems that the OS is ...really quite prospective!

First, you must know that the W7 will not have a drastic change in terms of software architecture as Vista from XP - Microsoft have promised that the users meakukan upgrade from Vista will not have compatibility problems. Because the W7 does not change much in the background screen, Microsoft can focus on the development experience of the use of the OS itself and not on various technical aspects such as security and stability.

Most of the changes that are packed W7 seeks to improve the ease and convenience of users, and below are some of the new features W7 has seen demonstrations in the Microsoft PDC.

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2. Taskbar

The biggest gain since the first time in the debut of Windows 95. Windows 7 is no longer displays a small icon application complete with the name of the application, but only large icons similar to Mac OS X. List window that is displayed when placing a mouse on the icon in the application also replaced with the user interface (UI) "Ribbon" that displays thumbnail window that opens in sideways.

Other tools that are connected to the computer as the camera will also appear in the taskbar with windows applications. Altogether these features make Windows 7 to appear attractive.

New taskbar in Windows 7

3. System Tray

Officially known as the "Notification Area," Microsoft finally allows users the tools to address the desktop area, which is often disorganized. Users can have any icons that are displayed in the System Tray, the icon to change the position and whether they are allowed to attract users with the notification.

4. Jump List

Jump menu list will appear in the Start Menu or when users click on one of the Taskbar application, provide several options on the user to perform various actions that supported the application. Figure below shows the jump list of Windows Media Player (WMP), which gives users the option to play the song, see the last songs played, and more.

Jump list

5. User Account Control (UAC) Better

UAC is one of the features that most users of Windows Vista doghouse. Now besides the "On" and "Off," users can choose to UAC only appear when installing an application or an application to change the configuration of Windows only. Not yet known whether these changes enough to make the UAC from the enemy into a friend, but at least this change will make Windows more friendly UAC.

Configuration page UAC in Windows 7

6. Performance

Microsoft said that they do a lot of changes to improve performance and stability of Windows 7, such as reducing the boot time to enable some applications in parallel, the new memory management methods and more. While this is still too early to discuss performance, we must await the arrival of the version that is almost finished to get him the means, but according to Technologizer, Windows 7 feels very quickly operated in a Dell laptop Microsoft loaned - and clean from the bloatware.

7. Stage Device

This new feature to collect all related peripherals in one place for easy user such as configuration, features, documentation services and even the purchase of printer ink and others.

Device Stage W7

8. Libraries

If you already know the concept of the library for songs such as the itunes, the concept of the library in Windows 7 also will not be foreign to you. This feature collects all the files on your PC to type in each library for easy management of the media. SFor example, all the images from all PC and the network will be collected in a photo library that can be accessed in one place like the image below.

Libraries feature of Windows 7

9. HomeGroups

Windows 7 to introduce a new feature called HomeGroups network that aims to ease some of the computer network to share files and peripherals - as if all that is located on a PC the same. Although the features of Windows Networking since it is always the same aims, in fact configuration to use the network printer is still too difficult for most users.

10. "Peeking" (tout)

Peeking features in Windows 7 easier for users to quickly read the content in one window without the need to interact with the window. Placing mouse over the thumbnail window on the Task Bar will change all open windows except for a transparent window is selected. S In addition to "snoop" window applications users can also tout the Windows desktop.

Peek features in Windows 7

11.Sidebar Not Used More

Jika dibandingkan dengan widget Mac OS X yang dapat ditempatkan di desktop , perbedaan paling mencolok dari gadget Microsoft adalah peletakannya pada sidebar di sebelah kanan layar. If compared with the Mac OS X widgets that can be placed on the desktop, most colorful difference from the Microsoft gadget is laying it sidebar on the right of the screen. In W7, the sidebar is removed because they use too many places there and the gadget can now be placed directly on the desktop. Despite this fact can also be done in Vista.

12. ITunes Compatibility

W WMP format now supports two media favorite Apple: AAC for audio and H.264 for video. WMP also can find the iTunes library on the existing network and play the content. Apple Fairplay DRM is not supported, but somehow I play a video podcast that beresolusi sizable visible in the bad WMP.

Podcasts low resolution in WMP

13. WMP is minimal

Ke When you right-click on a media file in Windows Explorer and use WMP to play, WMP will appear in a minimalist mode that does not dominate your desktop. You also can play the media preview pane in Windows Explorer without the need to launch the WMP at all.

Windows Media Player with the minimalist view

14. Streaming Multimedia

W7 add features delivery media files from PC to the various tools that support streaming music such as the Sonos system through the network. Microsoft said that the W7 will change to the file in a format that can be played by your media player. This also means that Microsoft is again approaching the last aspiration Bill Gates made the Windows media center at home. . Media Center version of Windows 7 also get a big upgrade.

Playing the media from the network through the Windows 7

15. Automatic window settings

Slide window near the edge of the right or left of the window will directly change the size of a half screen. This is intended to facilitate you arrange two windows side by side in (such as the browser or Word documents) so you can easily work on the two windows at once.

16. Finding An All Places

W7 feature named "Search Federation" allows you to mengikutkan various computer, network and storage media sites to search in Windows 7.

Federated search in the W7

17. Themes

Microsoft is no longer deliver major changes in features in Windows customize the theme. Di W7 In W7 Microsoft provides a new theme that voters better with the preview feature in the original size and allow you to save custom themes with just a few clicks. Microsoft also plans to change the name of a Themes Styles.

Configuring themes in Windows 7

18. Windows Live

Officially, Microsoft has little to fix the applications on the W7, does not like Vista. Applications Photo Gallery, Movie Maker and email has been downloaded for free to be called Windows Live Esentials, although Microsoft still hopes the various PC vendors will resemble the Windows Live Essentials, in which they sell.

Windows Live Photo

19. New Paint

Windows Paint is a lot to remember to get big upgrade, now appear with the Ribbon UI of Office 2007 that has now become standard in many Microsoft applications. Although many consider Paint.net as an alternative replacement for Paint better.

Paint a new version of Windows 7

20. Touch Screen Features

Windows 7 is the first version of Windows that supports multi-touch that allows you to control the OS with both hands. Many still doubt whether the multi-touch will merevolusi the PC world as he merevolusi world's mobile phone. Currently there are almost no PC outstanding in the market that supports features touch screen other than the TouchSmart from HP and Dell Latitude XT. (via Technologizer )
source :udaramaya.com

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