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Guru3D.com » News » Windows 8.1 update leaks onto the web

Windows 8.1 update leaks onto the web

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 02/03/2014 09:33 AM | source: | 26 comment(s)
Windows 8.1 update leaks onto the web

The pending Windows 8.1 Update, which probably is released in March, has appeared on several filesharing websites. It is a recent version that has multiple small changes for the OS. The early build includes a number of changes that Microsoft is making to improve the keyboard and mouse experience in Windows 8.1. The most obvious change is a new title bar for Microsoft’s Windows 8-style apps, allowing you to close, minimize, and snap apps side-by-side with a mouse. 

It occupies a small amount of space at the top of all "Metro" apps, and it appears to be included as more of a helpful option for mouse users to quickly navigate apps.

The verge on the topic; Similar improvements have also been made to the Start Screen, where right clicking on Live Tiles now produces a context menu with options to resize, unpin, and more. Microsoft is also bringing the search button and a shutdown option straight onto the Windows 8.1 Start Screen with update 1. Search simply brings you to the regular sidebar interface, while the shutdown option provides a simple drop-down list for restart, shutdown, and sleep. Both options are what you’d expect, but there’s still no sign of the time and date being drawn directly onto the Start Screen or within the new tile bar for "Metro" apps.

Elsewhere, Microsoft has added a control panel link into its PC settings section, and the company is also making some minor desktop tweaks. A new option in the desktop taskbar settings lets you show Store apps in the taskbar. It simply lists all Metro apps and provides the usual window preview when you hover over the apps. Interestingly, if you activate a Metro app from the desktop then the taskbar remains on top of the app until you start interacting with it. It’s not clear if this is by design or a bug, but you can’t activate the taskbar by hovering at the bottom of a Metro app. There’s no other significant changes in Update 1, and the version that has leaked was compiled around three weeks ago on January 14th. Microsoft is expected to release the final version of Windows 8.1 Update 1 on March 11th, ahead of the company’s Build developers conference in April.







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lucidus
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#4758005 Posted on: 02/03/2014 09:43 AM
Nice!

I hope to see feature parity between PC settings and the Control Panel in the final version or the next update.

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#4758007 Posted on: 02/03/2014 09:49 AM
Nice!

I hope to see feature parity between PC settings and the Control Panel in the final version or the next update.

+1 I'm with you. Still, when using universal search, you're likely to find the settings after you start typing.

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#4758086 Posted on: 02/03/2014 11:27 AM
Almost 2 years to correct stupid design mistakes. About time.

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#4758138 Posted on: 02/03/2014 12:20 PM
So when the update comes for the UI should we all un-install things like Classic shell before hand?

I'm guessing we should as it might mess things up bad!

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#4758192 Posted on: 02/03/2014 01:55 PM
So when the update comes for the UI should we all un-install things like Classic shell before hand?

I'm guessing we should as it might mess things up bad!

Update 1 mainly affects Metro so no I don't think so. Wouldn't hurt waiting a day or two when it releases.

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