Video of leaked Windows 9 build
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MerolaC
Well, this proves one thing.
There will be choice between the Start screen and the Start menu. That's nice.
But, that Start menu is hideous to say the least.
RavenMaster
Windows 9 seems to be handling much better than Windows 8 there. Truly optional Metro or Desktop instead of forced Metro/flip to Desktop is way better. It's how it should have been. There was no point forcing desktop users to navigate out of the Metro screen every time they logged on.
Now all they gotta do is add a media player with blu ray support and full functionality of the OS in offline mode and they have a deal. Oh and get rid of those fugly childish looking Duplo tiles in favour of the sleek, Windows 7 rounded glass look.
Braadkip
Still looks awefull 😛uke2:
Denial
I think it looks fine. I want them to focus on other things aside from just start. Getting Cortana fully integrated into the OS and porting kinect features over would be awesome.
Like to me Windows should be a hub for all my information across all my devices, even if I own say an Android phone. I want the notifications on my Android phone to be shown in Windows natively, without the use of something like pushbullet.
chronicbint
Have not had to navigate out the Metro screen for months.
Looks good though I am not missing the start menu at all anyway.
scatman839
Looks pretty good, works as I thought it would.
Functionally the same as a Win 7 start bar but with customisation on Win 7's pretty useless right panel.
And you'll be able to unpin all the tiles if you so wanted.
vbetts
Moderator
Yay Start Screen! 😀
sykozis
No reason for me to upgrade.
Windows8.x works just fine with no internet connection.
MS removed the ability to play DVD's to cut down on cost. They removed features that were deemed "unnecessary" to most uses because some users didn't want to pay for features they didn't use or that they were already buying from a 3rd party anyway. Due to licensing costs, it's doubtful that MS will add the DVD codecs back or add native support for Blu-ray. Nobody wants to see the price of Windows go up even more just to get blu-ray compatibility.
ScoobyDooby
I don't understand why MS wouldn't just release Windows 8 with this functionality.. seriously. Far more people would have adopted Win 8 if they would have just provided this simple option right from the start, I believe anyway.
Seems ridiculous that something this fundamental would take a whole OS version to implement as a standard.. wtf.
scatman839
Possibly because they were so adamant that metro was a big win that they deleted the code relating to the start bar from windows (at least that's what they said, early win 8 builds still had the start bar that you could re-enable with a hack) and had to rebuild it from scratch.
Denial
I think it was more about convergence of UI. They want people to use/familarize themselves with the UI across a variety of devices. By having it the only thing on a platform as big as Windows it encourages more people to use and be open the idea of using it on Windows Phone and Tablets.
I think having a UI that works across all devices is important and so does the industry as literally every single mainstream DE is moving in that direction. It's all about doing it right though -- I have no problems with Windows 8 but I don't think it's the best possible implementation. They can definitely make improvements and they are now with 9.
tsunami231
Sweet a pin to starmenu that can take up half the screen cause they still have this obsession with metro ui tiles
At lest my startmenu is back even if they changed that too
Denial
I love the tiles and now that you can interact and input information into them they are even more useful.
scatman839
You can resize and remove them as you please.
From the look of it, if you only had one row of tiles at its smallest it would be the same size as the windows 7 start, or smaller.
tsunami231
Clutter to cover up my pretty desktop backgrounds.
I still dont get why they refuse to GIVE the OPTION of Win7 look or WIN8 looks.
I mean every Windows since XP ,Vista,Win7 all had the OPTION for the classic shell.
They will be no outrage from people if they just pull there heads out of there asses and do this.
But like said atlest i dont have to resort to 3rd party fixes to get my startmenu back.
resizing to small is still a big old tile and not the same as what it is in win7
Time will tell
EKRboi
Has anyone got their hands on it? the title kind of led me to believe the build (ie, the iso) actually leaked to the web and not just screenshots and this video. I have not found it myself. Not asking for links obviously.. but is it out there?
rl66
about the flat look that everyone promote (M$, Apple etc etc), i think it will be like the edge design in car...
everyone does it, then 2 year after it look so outdated...
i get the new Opera in flat look and a kid using my Htpc told me "you should get the new opera yours look like a gran pa"... it was the latest O dev lol
anyway i like the "choise" and so i like W9
lukas_1987_dion
I still don't like it, looks like a hybrid of Vista and ugly W8.. But there is still some time for them to make this windows ''9'' actually better this time and also to look nice like W7 or better..
Bradders684
I actually prefer the Start screen over the Start menu.
http://abload.de/img/fire-fighters-suit-1ktz1s.jpg
Lane
They cant, they have been forced to remove everything, including the internet explorer from EU and same in Asia it seems.
I can understand they will not even try put more features by default on the OS, as today, they are forced allready to remove everything. ( as a good editing image softwares, update features of moviemakers, include skype / messaging softwares etc... directly in the OS ), they will be forced to remove it ASAP. Look OSX Yosemite, if MS was just put a communication complete softwares in it, they will not been able to do it. ( And they have everything for do it, from windows 8 phones version, their own apps, Skype ( and the ex messenger ), their image, video editing softwares for their smartphone / tablet, Bing and maps etc etc
Along that they could only include them on an apps download level.
As for the look of it, is there anyone here who use the default light blue theme of 7 ? i doubt it.
