Windows 8.1 update for making it more mice and keybourd friendly

[Sharif]

arrives at April 8th as an automatic download

 

The whole point of Windows 8 was to make Microsoft's aging OS easier to use on touchscreen devices. Mission accomplished, we'd say (more or less). But now the folks in Redmond have a new challenge afoot: Make Windows 8 equally easy to use on tablets and traditional PCs. The company's already made some progress -- last year's Windows 8.1 update was all about keyboard shortcuts, better multitasking and the return of the Start button (sort of). Now, with its latest update, Microsoft is going after mouse-and-keyboard users. In particular, you can pin Windows Store apps to the desktop Taskbar, and close out of a Metro app by pressing an "X" in the upper-right corner. Heck, you can even shut down without having to open the Charms Bar. Shocking, we know.

 

its also has a lot of new tweaks done to it and updates

           check it out in the main article

 

 

 

finally!!!! i was waiting for such a long time for this

 

source engadget

 

thats a update not a solution if anybody is wondering

[Fred Castellum]

About god damned time..... Thanks for sharing sharif

[wtfxmitchell]

woohooo

[tharvey]

its about time... 

[Sharif]

About god damned time..... Thanks for sharing sharif

the amount of time people where taking to reply

i got worried wondering if this is a repost i guess not because i searched everywhere and still am but i will be stopping now

[Blue fellow]

I have to upgrade to 8.1 sometime again. I did it when it first came out, but Steelseries engine at the time didn't support it so I went back. But now that it does I have to stop being lazy

[Fred Castellum]

the amount of time people where taking to reply

i got worried wondering if this is a repost i guess not because i searched everywhere and still am but i will be stopping now

Haha you silly bastard. Its usually search then make the post, to avoid reposts altogether. 

 

[Sharif]

Haha you silly bastard. Its usually search then make the post, to avoid reposts altogether. 

 

I did but at first i didn't look for it properly becasue i was worried someone else might post before me

cause i thought its finely my chance to be refereed on the WAN show for posting this ^w^

[Fred Castellum]

I did but at first i didn't look for it properly becasue i was worried someone else might post before me

News posting competition 2.0? May the person the quickest fingers win! 

 

Thought so... haha

[Guest]

I am still rocking Windows 7

I think it's waaay better, easier and faster.

[Sharif]

"and close out of a Metro app by pressing an "X" in the upper-right corner"

 

One of the massive design flaws of Windows 8. Holy shit, it took MS ages to realise this. I don't use Metro apps anyway, so it hasn't made an impact on me.

same here

[Loe]

You can already shut down without the charms bar, right click start tjhen shut down.

 

Also pressing escape in the metro ui closes the metro ui.

 

I don't see that many interesting things here.

 

My bad didn't notice the other much cooler stuff.

[Xorbot]

Is this what we've come to?

 

Rejoicing that a Graphical User Interface of an Operating System has been finally updated to make it more mouse and keyboard friendly?

 

I'd love to watch some form of time-travel reality show we watch an audience from the past laugh at our future selves, and then laugh along with them.

[Prokart2000]

does that mean its like a windows update auto

[Gunzkewl]

Now you can run apps on windows

The new start menu for desktop!!!!!!!

[Sharif]

Now you can run apps on windows

The new start menu for desktop!!!!!!!

thats nice

i already got used to not having the start menu any more though......

[brownninja97]

I am still rocking Windows 7

I think it's waaay better, easier and faster.

well its better but its not faster

[Victorious Secret]

Lulz @ Win7 being faster. 

 

It never was. 

 

Now all the crybabies can put their money where their mouths were. The precious start menu is back. Go switch already.

[GoodBytes]

Microsoft showed at their BUILD event, the new start menu on Windows 8.1 Update 1 for those who have trouble with the Start Screen, running with desktop and mouse.

Also, universal ModernUI apps (Modern UI apps that can run on anything) can run in windowed mode on the desktop.

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2014/04/02/microsoft-teases-a-classic-start-menu-for-windows-8-1-with-built/?ncid=rss_truncated

Update 1:

So just an update, the Start Menu and metro app in Windows will be a future update, and not part of Update 1 coming up next week

As there was no real demo of it at the BUILD event, it looks like it's still in the works.

Source: http://gizmodo.com/windows-8-1-update-hands-on-terrific-tweaks-for-the-m-1556697548

Update 2

Microsoft PR releases a screen shot of the new Start Menu, and windowed mode Windows 8 Apps:

Notice how the Start Menu is less wide as the article picture. This indicates that it will scale width wise as you add more Windows 8 Apps tiles.

Source: http://www.techpowerup.com/199505/microsoft-showcases-latest-updates-to-windows.html

[Nineshadow]

[Stefan Becker]

Start menu?

 

OUR PRAYERS HAVE BEEN HEARD!

[Kilerbomb]

Hmm... it might be time for me to finally switch to Windows 8.

[KR_king]

If this turns out well, i might finally switch.
But W7 will always have a place in my heart. 

[Snazzy]

Hmm... it might be time for me to finally switch to Windows 8.

what he said.

[Mo5]

According to the Verge (http://www.theverge.com/2014/4/2/5574830/windows-9-start-menu-new-desktop-experience)

 

A major Windows 8.1 update is coming later this month, but neither of the new features will make it into that refresh. They're likely to be a major selling point for the next version of Windows, thought to be called Windows 9.