Last Wednesday, Microsoft released "WIN 8 consumer preview Version"

In Wednesday, Microsoft released the "WIN 8 Consumer Preview", for users, it is not just a new operating system-but also laid the full touch system UI design leader. In addition, Microsoft's new win 8 system computer is not just to contend with the ipad, but also to the trend of innovation technology interpretation. The face of Apple's iOS and Google's Android,win 8 has the following five strong features that cannot be shaken.

1. Picture Password





last year Fri "WIN 8 Developer Preview" released, we have known the Microsoft Image password function. This is a super convenient and novel way to unlock. You can either choose a picture as your Shing and define three gestures to touch the top of the photo and easily unlock your mobile device.











according to Microsoft's first published image password features introduced, hackers may notice, according to the traces you left on the display, cracked your device's gestures to unlock the method. In response, Microsoft replied on the blog, "No, because the order of gestures is fixed, which includes moving direction and touch point, it is difficult to guess the exact gesture based on the finger marks."





in a blog post, Microsoft has given a detailed mathematical explanation of why the picture password is safe enough. Independent and complete experts also believe that someone who wants to interpret the finger marks you left on the device is almost Nil.


character passwords and digital personal identification codes are old methods. Apple uses a four-digit password on iOS, which is safe but not innovative. Google's Unlock method is highly innovative and has a facial recognition unlock function in the Android 4.0 ice Cream sandwich. However, if you have a picture of an Android user, put it on the right side of the screen, and you can unlock it, it's still flawed and insecure.





2. Conversion applications, simple gestures





in the Android 4.0 ice Cream Sandwich system, Google joins the "recent apps" feature, looking for the most recently used apps by clicking on the system Tray star. But in WIN8, switching back and forth in an open application becomes more novel and simpler: by sweeping the left side of the apple, you can simply pull up the last open application (under the premise that multitasking applications are open). Just make one of the most natural gestures, and then touch it and sweep it.











Most notably, the channel previews on the system's tablet computer are fast.





When you open up a whole bunch of apps, you can switch applications by sweeping forward, back and forth, and using the preview window you're running a program that's all glance (see above). In the preview window, you can click on any one to enter a certain application. In short, this approach is both quick and handsome.





in the iOS ipad, there are two ways to switch applications. Many people will choose to double click on the home key to preview all open applications, and here, click on a star application to jump into the new application, which is the most commonly used method, and WIN8 very close. But the iOS system requires you to touch the switch with four fingers, a little less natural than the WIN8 gesture.





3. Thick fingers are no longer a problem





believes that many mobile device users are distressed, the mobile device built-in keyboard design completely regardless of the user hand and finger size. Especially in tablets, this is a very prominent problem, for people with large fingers, the built-in keyboard size is completely inadequate, hands and fingers tapping on the flat screen keyboard is not so simple.





WIN8 Just provides the solution: WIN8 provides a split screen keyboard to ensure that no matter how thick your fingers, you can always input problems on the tablet legs. But you can retort that Apple has achieved this function in iOS5, of course, but WIN8 has further deepened this function: You can manually adjust the size of the keyboard on the WIN8 split screen, there are large, medium and small size to choose from.











is well known that this is not a "once again changing the world" personality, but the nuances of UI design cause WIN8 to look more captured.





4. No borders, full screen application experience











WIN8 every inch of the screen to make full use of the cracks, so that the desktop or theme interface become rich and colorful, menu bar, taskbar, navigation keys continue to lock on the display.





Carefully observed, in many Apple iOS system applications, navigation keys are always interspersed with the user to use the entire process of application. In the WIN8 system, even if the feature is not available in the application, you can easily see the thin bars above the screen showing the data connection strength, time, and battery energy. These are the same as the main screen features in the iOS system.





in the Android 4.0 ice Cream Sandwich system, you'll always see three navigation keys at the bottom of the screen, and at the top of the screen there will be an exclusive bar (similar to iOS) showing the battery, time, and the star that is connected to other information. But the WIN8 system has optimized these details to an airtight point, when you open the "Charm menu", you can clearly see the instant time, battery energy and data connection, after all the short news, touch the screen any place, "charm menu" immediately disappear.





the time on the new WIN8 system device can be detached from the full screen until I need to view it. In addition, all the apps on the theme interface will be filled with the entire flat screen, and even photos or videos can appear on it, which is awesome.





5. Main frame style and utility











every major mobile device operating system in the main screen, inject a certain amount of unique personality. In the Apple iOS system, you can reset the main screen icon to add your favorite apps. In Google's Android system, you can adjust the location of the application star, or add some gadgets that allow instant messaging to be personalized and informative.





but Android tools only fit into the theme and design of the developer, so remember not to set the main screen into a messy, mosaic-fault sheet.




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WIN8 system combines the fluency and utility of the Android main screen with iOS's neat page layout to give users the highest visual and operational experience. In the WIN8 system, the application of the icon theme is very flexible, the shape of the square, rectangular, but the basic visual effects and sensory experience unchanged.





In addition, like the Android tool, the WIN8 activity plate can be updated automatically with instant information. For example, you receive new mail in your email application, and the application icon on the WIN8 interface renders the message headers. You can also manually adjust the order of the active plate. In the photo above, we put our calendars, mailboxes, and weather applications on the left, so that we can quickly read the latest information with a slight bow.

(Responsible editor: Liu Fen)