The advent of Windows 8 is considered to be the most revolutionary product in the history of Windows operating system. In addition to the introduction of a new Windows user interface, a series of touch interaction operations have been added based on traditional mouse and keyboard manipulation. . Windows 8 brings users a new, simple, fast, and smooth user experience that seamlessly integrates applications and systems.
Windows 8 allows applications to seamlessly sync between PCs and tablets
Windows 8 is an operating system that takes into account the desktop and mobile experience, deeply integrating Microsoft SkyDrive's cloud services, making content sharing a breeze. Moreover, Windows 8 also integrates Microsoft's application experience, users can use Microsoft account to log in Windows 8, Windows Phone, new Office Office software, Hotmail mail, SkyDrive cloud storage, Skype instant messaging, and Messenger instant messaging.
More conveniently, users can purchase/download information in the Windows Store, and can also sync between multiple Windows 8 devices. After purchasing an app install from the Windows Store, users can log in to the Windows Store on less than 5 computers to view and sync downloads. For example, when a user downloads the “Gao De Maps” application on a Windows 8 laptop or desktop, the downloadable information for this application will also appear on the Windows 8 tablet that is logged into the same Microsoft account, and can be easily clicked for different devices. Manage installation apps. This way, users do not need to carry a Windows 8 laptop with them when they are on a business trip or travel, as long as a lighter Windows 8 tablet can be used as a navigation and positioning terminal. This not only brings convenience to application management, but also saves users the consumption of paid applications, which is not possible between mobile devices and desktop devices of other operating systems.
The new Windows Store brings convenience and security to a one-stop shopping experience. Another distinguishing feature of Windows 8 is the emergence of the new Windows Store app. Windows 8 users provide a more convenient and secure way to get applications.
Before the official release on October 25, 2012, the Windows 8 operating system has undergone several testing stages. With the help of 7 million test users around the world, the number and experience of Windows 8 applications have made a qualitative leap. According to statistics from the third-party statistical website WinAppReport.COM, the number of downloadable applications in the Windows 8 app store reached 9,029 on the day of release, of which 5,533 Chinese local applications exceeded 5,179 applications in the US. One. And 83% of the apps in the store are free. Users only need to log in to the Windows 8 system's built-in app store to download these rigorously reviewed applications from Microsoft, making it easier and less worrying about application security issues.
Windows 8 split screen display multi-application
multi-tasking as a basic function of the desktop operating system, greatly improving the user's use efficiency. Windows 8 goes one step further, not only bringing this experience to the tablet, but also supporting split-screen display of two applications to divide the screen into large and small windows, allowing users to use two applications simultaneously under one screen. If you are a social person, you can also use the content aggregation more comprehensive "single board" application when you use "Sina Weibo", to understand the hot content on Weibo through massive content classification. . If you are a traveler, you can check your destination information on social platforms or IE10 browsers, and easily find your destination in “Gorde Maps”. Of course, you can also use the Office application in desktop mode, split the screen to use a variety of auxiliary applications or use IE10 browser to access the data.
Dynamic Tiles push application information at a glance
The new Windows user interface has excellent and unique content presentation capabilities, while Dynamic Tiles is the core and soul of the Windows user interface. Dynamic Magnet has been familiar to users since the Windows Phone platform, and now it is more convenient to play on the Windows 8 start screen. On the surface, it seems to be a simple application portal, but behind the task of pushing notifications. Based on the dynamic tile, in many cases, the user does not even need to open the application, and can view the update of the movie and television, the prompt content of the microblogging friend, the weather change and the like.
In addition to the dynamic tile, Windows 8 also uses the notification bar to pop up message push. Regardless of whether the user is in the traditional desktop mode or the start screen state, the notification bar will appear at the top right of the screen. For example, when a user runs a Sina Weibo client in the background, if a new comment or message is received, the application will automatically pop up a push notification with a voice prompt and then quickly fade out. This does not affect the current task of the user, but also plays a good role in prompting to avoid message missing. Of course, users can also manage message notifications for all or a single application through the settings center.
Global search makes the application surface.
The global search function integrated by Windows 8's new charm (Charm) not only can find the local content of the system, but also allows users to directly find the Windows application store or related applications on the network. information. For example, the user searches for “boards", the application is listed; if the user has not installed the application, the system automatically suggests that it can be retrieved in the Windows Store, or searched in a search engine or other application. Content and more. The excellent feature of the built-in global search of the super button is that when the user has the query requirement, it is not necessary to retrieve the content one by one from a large number of applications, and only need to use the global search input keyword to systematically find the search you want to search. content. Whether you are watching a movie, listening to music or checking information, you can do it easily.