What's new in the official version of Win8.1

Windows 8.1 added the Windows icon at the location of the original start button. In addition to the function of returning to the start screen, the user can also right click on it to bring up shortcut options such as “Shutdown” and “Restart”. In general, the return of the start button is to take care of the old user's habits.

However, unlike the start menus in XP and Win7, the Windows 8.1 start button is more like the “center” of the traditional desktop and Metro start interface.

Implementing the Personalization Principle The Metro interface is more varied

The Metro interface has become one of the biggest features of Win8 and even Windows 8.1. Because either Win8 or Win8.1, most users will be impressed with the start screen.

More Free Metro

Under the Metro interface of Windows 8.1, the size of porcelain stickers is more free. Users can follow the size of the target porcelain stickers in large, wide, medium and small sizes. & rdquo; Four sizes to modify. The Metro in Win8 can only zoom in or out on the porcelain sticker in two ways.

Windows 8.1 has also changed in the interface login mode. Users can log in to the traditional desktop instead of the Metro interface by default, and Metro can customize the desktop background, which makes the desktop and Metro conversion more harmonious. In Windows 8.1, users can use the same background in the Metro style start interface, desktop mode. This improvement unifies the two interfaces so that their transitions no longer produce a jump.

It's more convenient to find common applications, such as by name, most often, and so on.

The Windows 8.1 start screen has a new gesture feature. When the user slides the start screen up, he can go directly to the “All Programs” screen and view all the applications here. Swipe down again to return to the start screen.

In order to facilitate the operation of the mouse user, Windows 8.1 added a small down button to the start screen. This small button is hidden by default. When your user mouse slides on the screen, it will appear. Clicking on it will take you down to the "All Programs" screen, where you also provide a small up button and click back to the start screen.

Users can choose to replace the default Metro interface with “All Programs. In other words, after the user clicks the start button, it will enter the display interface of “Program Icon+Name” instead of the Dynamic Tile page. Unlike the tile, “All Programs” will include all the features in the original “Start Menu”, including various settings in the Control Panel, and even the Shutdown button.

In summary, Microsoft has added more personalized customization experiences for Windows 8.1, giving users more freedom to choose interface effects.

Changing the information retrieval method to strengthen the global search function

Windows 8.1 deeply integrates the Bing service, adopts the new Bing application, completely subverts the search interface, and users can control from the application, webpage, and control. Search for relevant content in the panel. The enhancements of “global search” have brought a reinvention experience to Win8 users.

In Windows 8.1, the built-in Bing function of the search function currently supports local and network search functions. This means that you can now search for web page information, system settings, files or other information directly in the search box on the start screen. When users use Win8.1's own search function, the search program will automatically combine the computer local and the web to find the target keywords at the same time, to achieve a more comprehensive search system.

The impressive part of the Bing search interface is that it will generate a preview of the relevant web links, which is very intuitive and allows you to preview the content of interest more efficiently. Image content can be zoomed in or played separately, and there are even options for color filtering to get what you want.

The Windows 8.1 search feature also has a learning function that adjusts to your search habits. It is also able to search for local related image content and display it next to the web content, which is very smart. Obviously, Microsoft has invested a lot of energy in developing the new search function of Bing Heroes, and it has already achieved initial results.

Support for hardware 3D accelerated rendering IE11 supports WebGL

This update for Windows 8.1 also includes Internet Explorer 11 browser. It can be said that after IE9, the style of IE browser has become a self-contained one, and the interface is more simplified. It is IE11, and the simple atmosphere of IE browser is undoubtedly obvious.

On the surface, IE11 is very similar to IE10, but the tab interface has been moved to the bottom, and the ability to synchronize tags with Windows 8.1 devices and Windows Phone has been added. The number of restricted tags is no longer in IE11, and because the browser intelligently allocates memory, “ pauses & inquo; page tags, so opening multiple tags at the same time does not reduce the experience. Once the user switches the label, the backup will be activated immediately.

IE11 has been further optimized on the tablet side, and IE11 provides the best touch screen browsing response and battery life for Windows devices. IE11 supports the Reading View, which brings a beautiful and full-screen text display view that will be more comfortable when viewed on a Windows 8.1 tablet.

In terms of performance, IE11 makes browsing response faster by means of target optimization and background prefetching of content.

IE11 supports WebGL. As a 3D drawing standard, WebGL allows JavaScript and OpenGL ES 2.0 to be combined to provide hardware 3D accelerated rendering for HTML5 Canvas. Starting with Windows 8.1, web developers can use system graphics to streamline 3D scenes and models in IE11 browsers, as well as create complex navigation and data visualizations.

IE11 is also the first browser to support HTML5 drag and drop and touch. Users can use the finger to drag the material in the webpage directly on the HTML5 webpage.

The combination of IE11 and SkyDrive cloud services is also closer. The content of IE11 browser on one device can be browsed on another device. The IE11 add-on tab keeps syncing across devices through SkyDrive's cloud service. After synchronization between Windows devices, users get information such as open tags, favorites, history, usernames, and passwords that are always up-to-date.