Windows 10 Interface Changes detailed

What changes and new features are created by Microsoft's next generation of Windows 10? I believe this is a problem that many PC users are concerned about. In addition to the notable features such as Start menu and virtual Desktop, Windows 10 has a number of subtle changes that have changed the look and feel of the system, and the technology Web site digital trends has compared and introduced these changes recently.

　　flattened icons

Although Windows 8 adds a very different start screen, the system's desktop mode does not change except that the Start menu is removed, basically maintaining the style of Windows Vista, the so-called aero glass design. Although this transparent aesthetic style looked great at the time, it is now a bit outdated.

Windows 10 has made significant changes to the desktop of the system, including desktop icons, network settings, homegroup, and some folders. The new icon has a more flattened style, which is what Android and iOS are now advocating.

This design is also significantly different from the Windows 8 Metro style. On mobile devices, minimalist metro brings elegant intuitive aesthetic design, but on PCs, many users complain that it's too simple. Desktop and notebook have a large size of the display, then why the large number of screen space wasted, just fill in a large amount of solid color it?

In Windows 10, the desktop icons become flattened and provide more information, which also maximizes the use of screen space. The original white space is now occupied by smaller, more complex projects, which are still conspicuous and readable, but are much finer than the tiles that occupy Windows 8.

Blue seems to be the new favorite of Microsoft, which is the color theme they use at the conference, and it is also reflected in a number of newer icons. While this is reminiscent of Mac OS X, which also has a lot of blue icons, the difference between two systems is limited to that.

In addition to color, these two operating system icons look very different. Microsoft wants to be more aggressive in its flattening, giving up the gradient effect completely. Simplicity and a lot of blue use remind us of Windows 95/98, but the sophistication and contrast are higher.

But the flattening process has not been completed. The folder, disk, and library icons, as before, have not changed. In the taskbar, the new home folder looks very different from other folders. In addition, the search and task views also show a flattened style. Obviously, the once Aero icon will eventually be completely replaced.

　　A narrower border

In every windowing application, Microsoft also brings a subtle but unified change: the borders of all the windows in the system are gone except for the title bar.

This is actually part of the evolution of the years. Windows 8 maintains the Aero icon for Windows Vista and Windows 7, but replaces the transparent appearance with flattening.

Strictly speaking, these windows are not completely borderless, but in the context of the title bar, these slim borders can be almost completely ignored, which makes Windows 10 look more sophisticated than Windows 8.

　　New Start Menu

The aesthetic design that Microsoft has taken on Windows 10 has become apparent: flattened, blue-colored main tones. But if you open the Start menu, things are still confusing.

The Windows 10 new Start menu is like a shrinking Windows 8 start screen, which is where the problem lies: the Metro design element and the finer desktop mode of Windows 10 are not tuned, and in this new Windows environment, The gap between the two looks a bit too big.

Adding a dynamic tile to the Start menu will only magnify the difference between Windows 102 parts, which is hardly helpful for usability. But if you give up the Metro element completely, it would be tantamount to admitting that Windows 8 has no use for touch-screen devices at all.

And even ignoring the dynamic tiles, the Start menu still looks wrong. By default, its colors change depending on the system theme, but it is also the only menu in Windows 10 that will fit the system theme. By comparing it to Windows 7, you'll find that the latter is not only easier to read but also more compact.

When all apps are turned on, a thick scroll bar appears, and the Start menu itself has a search function that conflicts with the search button in the lower-right corner of the menu. All this suggests that, from a design standpoint, Microsoft has not yet fully decided what it wants to make the Start menu.

　　Elements of the past

The feeling of using Windows 10 for the first time differs greatly from Windows 8. The addition of the Start menu and the ability to bring the search back to the desktop are no longer necessary for most users to use the Metro interface.

But the Windows 8 figure did not disappear completely in the new system. For example, the Wi-Fi menu does not return to its previous state, or a new flattened look. In addition, the Metro Application feature of Windows 8 will dominate desktop search results, even if there are other desktop menus or applications with the same functionality in the system. Microsoft needs to address this issue before Windows 10 is officially released, because it can be very confusing for entry-level users.

Aero also didn't die out completely. The taskbar still retains the appearance of the hair glass, and the new task view is also heavily used in a transparent style. We want the task view to be adjusted before the system is released because the current design looks like a strange mix of Windows vista,8 and 10.

　　Conclusion

Microsoft says the Windows 10 Technology Preview is a fairly early version, and that's true. We don't see too many bugs, but the operating system is clearly not finished yet. However, we can still see clearly that Windows 10 wants to differentiate itself from the previous version.

While Windows 10 is more focused on desktop experience, Microsoft is not just reversing the changes brought about by Windows 8. Instead, Microsoft has lumped together the successful parts of Windows VISTA/7 and Windows 8/8.1, a way that will help us determine if Windows 10 is a system version with significant progress,