Windows 7 Rc1 Review: User-interface
A series of subtle user-interface changes in Windows 7 Release Candidate 1 give it an edge over its predecessor beta.
The new task bar thumbnail overflow feature in the new and the latest Windows 7 operating system has improved the list view that appears when many files are open in an application and the mouse is hovered over the beta icon on the task bar.
Instead of showing a list of opened files, Windows 7 RC 1's taskbar works more like the thumbnail view. A user can highlight any file on the list and peek at the highlighted window like in thumbnail view. Moreover, any window can be chosen by clicking a small X just as in thumbnail view.
Unlike beta, the new operating system also allows you to manually pin files to a Jump List for a program that doesnt usually handle that file type.
It enables you to take control of a remote PC more easily, as when you pin the Remote Desktop Connection to your task bar, it now includes in the Jump List all of the remote desktop connections saved.
Moreover, a user can change task-bar settings in a more reliable manner. In previous editions, including
windows 7 default, settings made to the task bar were permanently saved only after Explorer exited at the end of a session. In the case of a crash, the taskbar settings wouldnt be there in effect for the next session. Microsoft now claims that the changed task-bar settings are now made permanent within half a minute of when they are applied.
The OS has also improved Alt-Tab windows switching, which has now been combined with Aero Peek. While sifting through your open windows, you can peek through to the desktop and see the open window as well as the underlying desktop, apart from outlines of any other open windows.
Windows 7 RC 1 also includes an enhanced searching tool. Snippets of information, which appeared in the beta while searching a file, are longer in RC 1, and theyre included more frequently.
Windows 7 XP Mode is perhaps the most surprising features of Windows 7 Release Candidate 1, which became more widely available on May 5.
This new attribute allows a user to run XP applications in an XP compatibility box, but makes them look like they are running directly in
Windows 7 itself. Therefore, you can have compatibility of XP along with the brighter and fresh Windows 7 interface.
A user need not actually run Virtual PC manually to run those XP applications. He is required to run Virtual PC the first time and run the application, after that it will appear to be just another application running directly in Windows 7.
Moreover, Windows 7 EULA (end-user license agreement) includes XP as well, meaning you need not shell out anything extra to purchases XP separately.
The feature wards off Microsofts biggest issue with XP very ingeniously. People simply dont want to give up a solid, stable operating system like XP to a newer OS. Now they dont need to they can run XP as if it were a feature of Windows 7.
XP Mode requires a stronger system than that needed to run just Windows 7 or XP alone, including at least a system that has chip-level virtualization from either Intel or AMD and 2GB of memory.
The feature comprises two things a licensed copy of Windows XP Service Pack 3 as a packaged virtual machine and the Windows Virtual PC engine. Although neither piece will be there in the Windows 7 box, users with a license to Windows 7 Professional, Windows 7 Enterprise, or Windows 7 Ultimate can download XP Mode for free.
Microsoft is targeting mainly small businesses with the XP Mode feature, but larger businesses may also need to run older applications. For bigger firm the company has a product called MED-V that allows control over things like who can install programs on their machines and other management issues.
An upgraded version of MED-V will be there in beta within 90 days of the launch of Windows 7, which will add strength for Windows 7s XP Mode.
by: james burns
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