The Windows 8 interface is described in detail

From the desktop to the Metro/modern, from the Aero UI to the Metro UI, do you know what Windows 7 is improved and streamlined compared to Windows 8?

From the Windows 84 Development preview version, we can see that the basic interface of Windows 8 is divided into two parts, inheriting from the traditional desktop of Windows 7 and the Metro/modern interface for the tablet computer. The two parts of the interface are mainly connected by the "Charm menu"/Super button. Let's look at the details below.

From "desktop" to "Metro/modern"

For many people, "desktop" is Windows, "desktop" has files, there are program software, but the main or file, a large part of the program software is generated for the generation, editing, modification and deletion of files, while in many people's eyes program software is also composed by a file.

Traditional Desktop interface

The "Metro/modern" for the application is the main body, "Metro/modern" interface is like a closed box, do not know how the specific composition, just click the application icon to browse, view some things.

Metro/modern interface

In Windows 8, these two interfaces actually represent two kinds of UI, the Aero UI and the Metro/modern UI.

From Win7 to Win8

Windows7 has identified Microsoft as the best operating system ever (don't miss XP for a decade ago), and Windows 8 is designed based on Win7 and adds support for Tablet PCs. In addition, the main design style has shifted from the Aero UI of Win 7 to Metro UI style, for more details on the metro of the Windows 8 traditional desktop.

Areo UI

Windows Aero is a new user interface that starts with Vista and is the best designed user interface in the Windows family. Especially in the Win7, the more mature Aero interface with dynamic reflection and smooth animation, and other subtle effects at that time attracted a lot of XP user upgrades.

"Aero" is the authentic (real), energetic (dynamic), reflective (reflection) and open (open) four words, as described in these four,

Under Aero visual effects, the border of the window looks like a translucent frosted effect, this visual effect (Aero Glass) with Aero Shake, Aero Flip 3D, Aero Snap, Aero Peek such as window animation and graphics function together constitute a visual impact of the effect and appearance of the Aero interface, and become a Win7 system desktop features one.

However, in the WIN8 system, the translucent glass visual effects Aero Glass has been removed (except for the bottom toolbar), while the other Aero desktop Experience Aero Shake, Aero Snap, and Aero Peek are preserved.

(The transparency adjustment option has been removed in personalization)

Microsoft removed Aero Glass because it does not match the overall design style of the return plane design of Windows 8, instead of Aero Glass is a flat solid color consistent with the overall system interface color, and when the choice of focus is lost when the window color is gray style. This can help reduce CPU and GPU load, reduce resource consumption and configuration, especially if the hardware configuration is not very high on the tablet computer.

Add: Aero Peek in Win8 is actually partially reserved, why is it half reserved, because the desktop perspective Preview does not appear when you place the mouse in the bottom-right corner of the WIN8, but pressing the ALT + TAB key Displays the Desktop perspective Preview (the rest of the window is a transparent wireframe, compared to the Win 7来 not It is obvious). Also click on the bottom right corner will still appear familiar small rectangular box, and the desktop all Windows minimized, click again will restore. In fact, the reason that the Aero Peek effect is removed is actually a conflict with the "Super button" menu, because both are sliding the mouse to the lower right corner of the desktop. Of course, if it's Luantan annoying, here's a little trick to hide the Charm menu.