Windows 8.1 Introduces Retina display support for high pixel density display

Surface Pro, Lenovo ThinkPad Helix, Toshiba Kirabook, Dell XPS 12 and a number of high-end Windows 8 machines all have the same annoying place: that their high-resolution display is too clear and gorgeous, so that the user interface has often become very small. Text is therefore becoming difficult to read and difficult to carry out related touch manipulation. But that situation will soon change, with Windows 8.1 officially Retina High-definition resolution display support, allowing users to scale the user interface on a growing number of high-quality devices for a better experience.

To do it, Microsoft's approach seems to be the same as Apple's approach to the ipad, iphone and MacBook Pro with its retina display. According to Jensen Harris, the head of Microsoft's Windows user Experience Team, Windows 8.1 will support 200% scaling, up from 150% previously supported by Windows Jensen Harris. It will apply to the Start screen and desktop mode of Windows 8.1, which will make the screen content look more comfortable as Microsoft updates Windows Explorer and other Third-party applications. This is similar to Apple's solution, which Harris expects will be a transition process, as developers need to update their applications to make good use of higher resolution, but Windows 8.1 can still expand their pixels during this time.

The virtual keyboard is also one of several "pain points" for touch-screen notebooks, which Harris says will make appropriate adjustments for the size and resolution of high-density displays. You will no longer be able to manually readjust your virtual keyboard, the manufacturer-not the user-will resize it to match the size of the display.

Another part of high resolution support is to adjust the display of the screen content on multiple monitors. In a keynote speech on the first day of build, Microsoft explained that each display would support its own scaling. In the past, Windows systems have been using the zoom ratio of the primary display to other secondary displays, and if you're using a high-resolution notebook, the Windows and text will be comical to zoom out on the extended display. Fortunately, this situation will no longer occur in Windows 8.1.

Of course, Microsoft's solution is a bit weird as it is with Apple, but it's nice to see the changes that consumers are willing to make.

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