Win8 Beta screenshot? Microsoft showcases the new Apps screen

About the latest interface of Windows 8, the biggest concern for everyone is the new Start Screen start screen. Regarding this start screen, everyone's comments are mixed. Microsoft also answered many questions that people care about in the official blog. Interestingly, Microsoft also offered a new design screenshot of the upcoming Apps screen (all program views of the start screen) in the Windows 8 Beta beta.

When talking about the Windows 8 interface, there is user feedback saying: "This kind of start screen looks like a bunch of icons indiscriminately put together, not only does not solve the problems in the start menu, but also brings More questions. In the current Start menu & lsquo;All Programs & rsquo;, you can see at a glance what is installed on the computer, this view used in Windows Vista is very useful to me, and the Windows 8 Developer Preview start screen is in the middle No need to look at it, it is better to start the menu. ”

In response, Microsoft responded and explored the pros and cons of the start menu and the start screen. In today's Start menu, if you click on “All Programs”, the default screen shows only 20 apps or folders, no matter how big your monitor is. According to a Microsoft survey, users open an average of 57 different applications in a few months, which doesn't even include a large number of pages viewed every day. So, this small window that only displays 20 entries is really not enough.

As resolutions and display sizes continue to increase, it becomes more and more cumbersome to find or select that narrow application button by layering in the start menu.

However, this problem is not a problem for Windows 8, its function Apps screen, but with the larger display and enhanced, the larger the display, the screen can show more Apps program. The following table, Microsoft lists the number of programs with increasing screen and resolution, Apps screen can be displayed per page:







12.1
1280x800
36
20 13
1366x768
40
20
13.3
1440x900
42
20

21.5
1920x1080
80
20
23
1920x1080
80
20
27
2560x1440
150
20

In the Apps screen of the Windows 8 Developer Preview Metro interface, applications are arranged in alphabetical order from A to Z, rather than following the categories or other characteristics of these programs. This arrangement will not continue to be used in Windows 8 Beta. In Windows 8 Beta, applications will be arranged according to their "parent folder" or "parent folder" or "program group".
Windows 8 Developer Preview is sorted alphabetically

The Apps screen in Windows 8 Beta re-adopts the current Windows system "Start Menu" in the "All Programs" structure, as follows As shown, a set of applications will be arranged in the same group, not in alphabetical order. For example, Adobe's Bridge, Dreamweaver, InDesign, Photoshop and other tools are distributed in the same group. All components of the Microsoft Office suite are distributed in the same group. ……
Windows 8 Beta Apps screens arrange applications in new ways.

Microsoft pointed out that this view makes it easier for users to find the program they want. If you want to use one of the software in the Visual Studio suite, but suddenly can't remember its full name, you can quickly find it in the Visual Studio group.

In Windows 8 Beta, in addition to using the above folder structure to arrange programs according to different package categories, Microsoft also arranges them more closely, taking up as little screen space as possible. Showcase user-installed apps, reducing the number of times users swipe the screen.