Detailed description of Windows 8 multi-display mode (image and text)

This is an article published by MSDN today on Windows 8 and multi-monitor support, author Steven Sinofsky. The following is a full-text translation: When people use computers connected to multiple monitors, experience satisfaction increases. A multi-monitor operating mode allows us to execute multiple tasks at the same time to improve user productivity. Windows 8 will help you experience the benefits of using a large screen and a high-resolution display.
According to the data collected by Windows Feedback Program, about 14% of desktops and 5% of laptops are operating in Multi-monitor mode.
 
Next, we will discuss the goals that Windows 8 can achieve when using multiple monitors: 1. more user-friendly desktop 2. improve the efficiency of multiple applications 3. improve user interface efficiency 4. metro style and desktop applications can be used in parallel
 
Multi-display configuration diagram in Microsoft Office
User-friendly desktop background settings under multi-monitor configuration
We know that there are still some defects in the user-friendly desktop background settings in the use of Windows 7 multi-display computers, for this reason, we have made some changes to the problems encountered during the Windows 7 personalized desktop settings:
1. Different Background images can be displayed on each monitor.
 

Different desktop backgrounds of different monitors
 
Interface for selecting different desktop backgrounds
2. Slide settings that match the display size
 
Slide settings that match the display size
3. A complete picture can be separately displayed on each monitor.
 
Complete image display on multiple monitors
 
Set the operation menu displayed on multiple monitors of an image
Taskbar for Multiple display computers
Obviously, we use multiple monitors to achieve high productivity. One more monitor means we can see more operation interfaces at the same time. In desktop operations, all windows management comes from the taskbar. But as you mentioned in the Windows 7 blog before, the taskbar that lacks the ability to operate multiple monitors at the same time is still a gap we have not crossed before.
The following are some reports from a large number of practical studies: 1. Users can choose to manage windows in an organized or professional mode. 2. Improving the work efficiency of the taskbar is still the goal that the user continues to pursue. 3. Users all have their own preferred monitors. 4. You can retain the default settings of the taskbar and ungroup the taskbar.

Multi-monitor computer taskbar operation menu

Considering that people will choose different Windows management modes, we have developed the taskbar operation menu for multi-monitor computers.
 
Windows 8 taskbar Properties
1. display the taskbar button on the Window interface
 
Open the application button in the taskbar in the window
2. display the task button in the main taskbar and on the taskbar that opens the interface
 
Button to open the interface on the main taskbar
3. Any taskbar button can be displayed on any monitor (default)
 

The app button (default button) for all taskbar Window 8 changes little to reveal breaking boundaries and breaking dead corners you can select the START key on any monitor:
 

You can switch between recently used applications on any monitor.
 

You can bring the Charms menu to a monitor.

Start and move Metro-style applications on any interface
The procedure is as follows: 1. click Start 2. switch to an application in any monitor. 3. use the shortcut key Win + Pg Up or Win + Pg Dn4. drag the Metro style to any display you want.
The improvement of the mouse over the display is not difficult to find. When we use a computer with multiple monitors, we often find it particularly difficult to switch the display edge, accidentally jump to the wrong display.
Next, we will make improvements in this area, making it easier for us to select the screen between monitors. By imitating Fitts Law, we achieved a truly shared edge between monitors. On the red edge of the display, the mouse is directed to switch the display.
 
This red edge is only 6 pixels, so it does not affect the overall aesthetic. At the same time, it is displayed only when your cursor is placed in that position.
 
This shared edge setting not only improves the new Windows 8 user interface, but also makes it easier to click "close" and "desktop display.