Windows 8.1 Update Five features

The Microsoft Build 2014 developer Conference was held in San Francisco April 2-4th, the most exciting of which was Windows 8.1 update. In the conference, Microsoft disclosed many of the features of the update in advance, and announced that Windows 8.1 update package will be officially available on April 8, when Windows 8.1 users will get online for automatic update upgrades. It is reported that Wndows 8.1 update is mainly the adjustment of the interface, will be more convenient mouse and keyboard operation. There are a lot of adjustments, here, we have summed up the five features, let you sneak peek.

　　1. The power button is no longer "hidden"

believe that all Windows 8 and 8.1 users are "suffering" from the problem of how to turn a computer off. Because the power button is hidden in the Charms menu, desktop users need to look for "hot corner" or side menu, to remove it from the hidden can be seen, so just upgrade novice can not find. The updated system, in the "Start" screen in the upper right corner of a fixed "power" button, a glance can be seen, to facilitate the novice to see, eliminating a series of unnecessary sliding screen or click operation.

　　2. taskbar to display Windows Store application

Earlier versions of Windows completely separated the task list from the desktop and Windows Store (that is, the modern application), and Windows 8.1 updates showed all open programs in the taskbar, regardless of type. So if the user wants to quickly switch to a window in the desktop of a Word document and an application of the modern interface, just a little bit in the taskbar. Better yet, it is now possible to "pin" the app in the Windows store to the taskbar, for example, by placing the "Bing News" shortcuts in the modern interface next to Desktop Explorer apps, to improve the modern of the application.

　The 3.Modern interface has a taskbar

If the user wants to use the new taskbar to display all the applications, it is now available in any location in the modern interface. As we all know, before the update, the taskbar can only be displayed on the desktop, now the modern interface can be displayed, the user only need to move the mouse cursor to the bottom of the display, but unfortunately, Microsoft does not provide the taskbar can always be displayed without automatically hidden options.

　　4.Windows Store application has a title bar

One of the biggest problems with Windows 8 and 8.1 is that the approach to shutting down new Windows Store applications is less obvious or less convenient. If the user is using a keyboard and mouse, the method either crawls at the top of the screen and takes a few seconds to drag the app to the bottom of the screen or use the ALT+F4 hotkey to complete it. With Windows 8.1 updates, all Windows Store apps have a title bar and a full shutdown and minimize button, which terminates or moves the application to the background with just one click.

　　5. Default to open media files on the desktop

One of the most frustrating experiences in Windows 8 and 8.1 is that when you double-click a media file such as music, pictures, or video in a resource browser, it automatically opens the full screen of the modern interface application, and it is inconvenient to do anything to make the novice feel at a loss. When Windows 8.1 is updated, clicking on the picture file will not automatically fill the screen again, and the Windows Photo Viewer window will open, and the multimedia file will certainly open the familiar window Media Player.