Win8.1 2014 update new feature Inventory

Previously, we have reported on the Microsoft Windows 8.1 Update information, the foreign site is the first to release the spring will be released this year Win8.1 update package screenshot. As the release time getting more and more, the website about Win8.1 update package screenshots also more; At present, we know about this update mainly involves the start screen, dynamic magnetic paste and desktop taskbar and other local changes. Below we comb the new features of Win8.1 update by exposing the screenshots.

Fig. 1 The work of sincerity? Win8.1 2014 update new feature Inventory

Screenshots of the exposure are still from the Russian media wzor.net Web site, from Microsoft Win8.1 2014 Update (build 6.3.9600.16596.140114-0237) system version.

1. Start screen new power off and fast search function

In the Windows 8 era, Microsoft aggressively hid the power off key to the Charms menu, leading to a number of new WIN8 users unable to find the shutdown button, in this Win8.1 update spring Update, we were surprised to find that at the beginning of the screen in the upper right corner of the power off key button, Allows users to quickly and easily shutdown operation.

Figure 2 Win8.1 2014 update set the Power off button in the upper right corner of the start screen

In addition, careful users will also find in the beginning of the interface in the upper right corner also added a quick search box, the location is with the new power button arranged together. The goal is to make it possible for users to use fast-searching services regardless of the interface.

2.Windows Store application can be locked in the taskbar

Microsoft's Windows Store app can be locked into the traditional desktop taskbar in Win8.1 2014 update, which is what Microsoft is trying to do with the modern interface (the original Metro desktop) and traditional desktop integration.

Figure 3 The Windows store application can be "locked" in the traditional desktop taskbar

Of course, as with other traditional software applications, the locked application icon can be fixed by "right button". The taskbar option has the option to switch to this feature, and the user can choose whether to open it by their own hobby.

Figure 4 The Taskbar option has the Windows Store Application Lockdown feature option

3. Start screen dynamic magnetic paste function more "traditional"

In Win8.1 2014 update, the Start screen has more dynamic tiles. In the dynamic magnetic paste in the right key operation, will not be in the bottom pop-up app bar menu bar, replaced by the menu like the traditional desktop Right-click, this change is a lot of media as a favor of traditional mouse user behavior, but also the embodiment of the two interface integration.

Traditional software application on the Start screen, right-click menu options: Remove from the start screen, remove from the taskbar fixed this program (or the secondary program to the taskbar), uninstall, open a new window, run as an administrator, open ask love your location, resize.

Figure 5 Right-click on a dynamic tile in the start screen

Figure 6 Right-click to apply to all application boundaries

Both at the Start screen and all application interfaces, the right key to the selected application can lock the application into the traditional desktop taskbar, directly and quickly.

Figure 7 locking the application in the taskbar

Figure 8 quickly open the Windows Store application in the taskbar

4. Start screen dynamic tile adjustable size

The dynamic tiles in the start screen can be resized, and you only need to right-click on the tile to select the resizing. From the screenshot it appears that the dynamic magnetic paste can choose the size of four kinds: small, medium, wide (long), large.

Figure 9 The optional tile size has four kinds

Figure 10 Changing the dynamic tile size

Figure 11 Magnetic Right Menu: Unlock from Start screen, lock to taskbar, uninstall, resize

Desktop tiles are not allowed to be uninstalled, much less not locked into the taskbar function.

Fig. 12 The right key function of the desktop magnetic paste is less

Summarize

From the above screenshot, there are more signs that Microsoft is intentionally integrating the start screen with the traditional desktop. But whether these new features will improve the image of the Win8.1 system in the minds of consumers is not known for a while, and we look forward to Microsoft's ability to bring more bright new features to Windows 8.1 2014 update.