25-05-2012, 02:31 PM
Windows Developer Preview
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Touch keyboard
Windows 8 has two touch keyboards for ultimate mobility and flexibility. An improved, full-sized touch
keyboard with larger buttons and a unique thumb keyboard make it easy to use your computer on the
go. Whether you’re walking around or sitting down, it’s more comfortable and natural to type using your
thumbs when the keyboard is split.
The touch keyboard in Windows 8 includes several features to speed up your typing and make it more
accurate. Improved keyboard technology is designed to minimize inaccurate key strokes while automatically
correcting mistyped words without slowing you down. To make typing more efficient, Windows suggests
words on screen as you type, allowing you to choose the suggested word with a single tap.
One Windows – many shapes
Support for ARM-based chipsets, touch, and sensors makes Windows 8 work beautifully on your choice
of a full spectrum of devices, such as 10-inch slates with all-day battery life, ultra-lightweight laptops, and
powerful all-in-ones with 27-inch high-definition screens. Regardless of which device you use, improvements
in the core of the Windows operating system result in faster boot time, more efficient app management, and
substantially reduced memory usage. Windows 8 is powerful and responsive.
Internet Explorer 10: the web by touch
Metro style Internet Explorer 10 provides a fast and fluid touch-first browsing experience that’s all about
your sites, making them feel increasingly more app-like. With faster performance, leading security protection,
more hardware acceleration, and site-ready HTML5 support, IE10 continues to allow developers
to build a richer and more beautiful web.
Windows Store
The new Windows Store features great apps you might be familiar with and others you’ll love getting to
know. It’s easy for you to find the apps you want, ranging from exciting new games, to the productivity tools
you already know and trust on Windows.
You can browse and compare thousands of apps—we make it easy for you by grouping apps in familiar
categories, highlighting frequently downloaded apps, and showing how other users have rated what they’ve
purchased. For many apps, you can try before buying if you’re a bit skeptical. Once you’ve decided, you can
buy with peace of mind, knowing that downloaded apps have been screened and checked for viruses. And
you can install your purchased apps on up to five Windows 8 PCs.
More for power users
If you want to push the limits of your PC experience, we’ve invested in the features most often used by power
users. We redesigned Windows Explorer and Task Manager to greatly enhance productivity, and developed
new, flexible options for multi-monitor setups.
Data security and management
Businesses can better protect business data throughout the data creation, storage, and access lifecycle. PCs
running Windows 8 can better resist malware because of a trusted boot-up process that automatically repairs
drivers and reinforces policies—with no action required from users. IT pros can require new apps to run in
restricted environments, reducing user down-time and the theft of sensitive data.