Introduction to new features of Win7 system: multi-touch and jump Menu

Windows 7 has added a lot of practical features, some of which are small and unobtrusive, but with big secrets hidden in small details, let's read the big secret in the small details of the new features of the Windows 7 system.

1. Multi-Touch

The multi-touch capabilities of Windows 7 are very popular, and because of the hype of nearly two years of touchscreen handsets, computer products are also starting to itch, and Windows 7 provides the software space for touch-screen technology to make it possible.

Unlike the common touchscreen, Windows 7 introduces a new multi-touch concept, a screen-point operation. Because it is multi-touch, the machine can sense the speed of the fingers sliding and intensity (intensity with the number of touch point conversion to achieve), so that the operating system to apply more user-friendly.

With Windows7 and touch-sensitive screens, you can flip through an online newspaper, flip through albums, and drag files and folders on your computer with your fingers. The Start menu and taskbar in the system use an enhanced display, easy finger touch icon, commonly used Windows 7 programs also support touch operation, even in the "paint" to use the finger to paint. Believe that with the technology and hardware equipment mature, perfect, sci-fi movies in the scene is no longer distant, is not very enjoyable.

However, the current Windows Touch feature is available only in Windows7 's home Advanced Edition, Professional Edition, and flagship edition.

2, Jump Menu

The Jump Menu (Jump Lists) is a new feature in Microsoft Windows 7 that makes it easier for users to find the relevant applications they want to perform.

Generally speaking, the jump menu is placed in the Start menu, when the user right click on the taskbar icon, you can achieve the function of the Jump menu. The Jump Menu feature provides a quick way to open a user's program, right-click or drag the icon in the taskbar to the Jump menu.

By default, the Jump menu will contain shortcuts to applications, and you can switch windows, close one or all windows, and go directly to the specific application's related tasks. And once the user starts using the application, the Jump menu lists the most recently used files or the application's list.

By default, there are jump menus in applications such as IE, Windows Media players, and drawing tools.