Microsoft reveals 36 changes to Windows 7
Microsoft Corp. revealed on the 26th February 2009, about some of the changes it has made to Windows 7 since it issued a public beta more than a month ago.
Senior Program Manager, Chaitanya Sareen advertised three dozen improvements and modifications to the new operating system. Among the changes Sareen highlighted were 10 affecting the Window 7 desktop, four to the operating system’s new touch-sensitive features, another four to the Control Panel and eight to Windows Media Player.
Many of the changes are so minor that they may be difficult to spot. One tweak, e.g. increases the number of times that notification windows flash to get the user’s attention. Other modifications are easier to spot e.g. developers have squeezed up to 39% more icons on the taskbar before it begins scrolling to show the remainder.
One change made between Windows 7′s public beta and the future release candidate has already gotten considerable attention. The (User Account Control) Control Panel had been modified. The critics pounded Microsoft over a design decision that could let attackers disable the UAC security feature. Within a week, Microsoft caved to the increasing pressure and said it would change UAC’s behaviour in the RC.
Paul Thurrott, who writes “SuperSite for Windows, acknowledged the list of 36 changes, but dismissed them as a “laundry list of tiny changes, much like the `300+ New Features` list that Apple makes every time it ships a new version of Mac OS X.”
Microsoft launched the Windows 7 public beta on Jan. 10, but has since discontinued downloads. Steven Sinofsky, the senior vice president in charge of Windows engineering group, has repeatedly hinted that the RC build will also be offered to the public for a test drive.
Microsoft Corp. revealed on the 26th February 2009, about some of the changes it has made to Windows 7 since it issued a public beta more than a month ago.
Senior Program Manager, Chaitanya Sareen advertised three dozen improvements and modifications to the new operating system. Among the changes Sareen highlighted were 10 affecting the Window 7 desktop, four to the operating system’s new touch-sensitive features, another four to the Control Panel and eight to Windows Media Player.
Many of the changes are so minor that they may be difficult to spot. One tweak, e.g. increases the number of times that notification windows flash to get the user’s attention. Other modifications are easier to spot e.g. developers have squeezed up to 39% more icons on the taskbar before it begins scrolling to show the remainder.
One change made between Windows 7′s public beta and the future release candidate has already gotten considerable attention. The (User Account Control) Control Panel had been modified. The critics pounded Microsoft over a design decision that could let attackers disable the UAC security feature. Within a week, Microsoft caved to the increasing pressure and said it would change UAC’s behaviour in the RC.
Paul Thurrott, who writes “SuperSite for Windows, acknowledged the list of 36 changes, but dismissed them as a “laundry list of tiny changes, much like the `300+ New Features` list that Apple makes every time it ships a new version of Mac OS X.”
Microsoft launched the Windows 7 public beta on Jan. 10, but has since discontinued downloads. Steven Sinofsky, the senior vice president in charge of Windows engineering group, has repeatedly hinted that the RC build will also be offered to the public for a test drive.
