Microsoft's new Windows director: touch operation is the future

Beijing time on December 17th news, Microsoft's new Windows business director Julie · Julie Larson-Green recently accepted an interview with the MIT Technology Review, talked about her on Windows 8 and The view of the touch interface.

Larson Green said that after Microsoft prepared the design of Windows 8, she saw an "One iPad". Larsson Green began working on Windows 8 as early as June 2009, when Windows 7 was not even officially released. She admits that Apple's approach to the iPad is very interesting to Microsoft, "they work on mobile and touch is similar to what we imagined." ”

Users are currently confused about Windows 8. Larsson Green said: "We need to always attract users, not just within the first 20 minutes of the product out of the box. & rdquo; She also admitted that users accustomed to traditional Windows are more difficult to adapt to the transformation of Windows 8, users may take two days to two weeks to make adjustments. Despite this, Larsen-Green believes that future PCs will support touch, while computers that currently support touch are selling faster. She said: "You will use a keyboard and mouse. But even on a traditional desktop, you'll find that touch is faster than mouse operation. "For the recent resignation of Microsoft's former Windows business director Steven · Steve Sinofisy, Larsson Green said that he is very smart and a leader, but" A person can't do everything." She said: “This is related to the team we built and our culture of innovation. ” After the departure of Sinofsky, Microsoft has not changed much. Even though Windows 8 has been released, Microsoft has not slowed down. “There are always some technologies that can help users think about it. & rdquo;

Larsson Green did not talk about the recent prospects of Windows. It is reported that Microsoft is preparing a Windows upgrade code-named Blue, which will be released in mid-2013. The US technology blog The Verge quoted sources as saying that Microsoft's plan shows that Blue will become the basis for an annual upgrade of Windows, and the focus is on unified development tools. Microsoft also plans to improve support for 7-inch and 8-inch tablets with Windows Blut.