Windows 7 - Next Generation User Interface
One thing is clear, although starting from the summer of 2007 and ending in the first half of this year, the main focus for Microsoft has been building Windows Vista SP1, Windows XP SP3, in terms of the Windows client the company did much more than just service packs.
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28.5.2008 Windows 7 User Interface and Interaction
Windows 7 will undoubtedly take the graphical user interface and the interaction model to the next level not only as far as the Windows client is concerned, but also in terms of the content designed to integrate seamlessly with the operating system.
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11.11.2008 Windows Vista Multilingual User Interface
Multilingual User Interface packs for Windows Vista and Windows XP Professional are not as easy to come by as Microsoft partners and customers would expect. The general presumption seems to be that the MUI packs are available as separate downloads from the Redmond Company
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22.6.2007 Windows Vista Multilingual User Interface Available for Download
With the introduction of Windows Vista, Microsoft has evolved the MUI architecture, breaking the intimate connection between the language resources for the user interface and the operating system's binary code.
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3.1.2008 Windows 7 User Interface – The Superbar - Enhanced Taskbar
One of the elements of the Windows graphical user interface that is evolving past what end users have come to traditionally associate with it is the Taskbar.
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4.11.2008 Windows Aero Is Old News – Introducing LucidTouch User Interface
If you think that Microsoft's journey into the development of natural user interfaces has stopped with the availability of Surface, then think again. The Redmond company is hard at work in a collaboration with Mitsubishi Research to produce LucidTouch.
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24.8.2007 The First Look at the IE8 Beta 1 Graphical User Interface
Expect little and you won't be disappointed. This has got to be the rule for Internet Explorer Beta 1.
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3.3.2008 Life after Aero, Microsoft Cooking Improved User Interface for Windows 7
It might not sound like all that much, but it is a definite confirmation that there is life after Windows Aero. And as far as the scarce details on Windows 7 go, any palpable piece of information goes a long way.
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24.5.2008 Windows 7 Build 6780 M3 and the Fluent/Ribbon User Interface
Windows 7 Build 6780 Milestone 3 represents the first time in the evolution of Windows Vista's successor when Microsoft introduced the Fluent/Ribbon graphical user interface into the operating system.
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17.9.2008 Multilingual User Interface (MUI) Packs for Windows Vista SP1 Updated
Starting with April 15, 2008, all the 36 different editions of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 have been available for download, in accordance with all the languages supported by the RTM edition of Microsoft's latest Windows client.
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23.4.2008 Windows 7 RTM Multilingual User Interface MUI Packs Download and Installation
Microsoft has released all 35 language packs as optional updates via Windows Update for Windows 7 RTM. The following language packs are available for download:
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27.8.2009 Microsoft patent app shows off new user interface for mobiles
Just in time to my previous column if the Windows Mobile touchscreen interface is ready for single-hand use, the United States Patent and Trademark Office yesterday unveiled a patent which was given to Microsoft (Application Number: 11/765,684).
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14.10.2007 Windows Server 2008 SP2 RTM Multilingual User Interface Language Packs
On June 30, 2009 Microsoft released not only the remaining localized versions of Windows Vista Service Pack 2 to web and through Windows Update, but also those for Windows Server 2008 SP2.
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6.7.2009 2007 Office System Document: User Interface Evaluation Design Guidelines
This information is provided to assist sofware developers in evaluating the scope of the UI Design Guidelines for the 2007 Microsoft Office suites prior to accepting the Office UI Licensing agreement.
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7.1.2007 Windows Vista Interface Causes Problems For Consumers
Windows Vista Interface Causes Problems For Consumers, Support Firm Says. Navigating Windows Vista's Aero user interface is a big problem for many consumers learning Microsoft's 6-month-old operating system, a technical support company said Thursday. Thanks to pacpis for this news.
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13.7.2007 Office 2007 interface prototypes
Jensen Harris from the Office 2007 design team gave a very rare presentation at Microsoft’s MIX08 event today about not what the Office 2007 Fluent (Ribbon) interface is about, but instead how it came to be and what other concepts they tried.
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13.3.2008 Next-Generation Windows 7 User Experience
With Windows 7 Milestone 1 released in December 2007, Microsoft managed to give a taste of the user experience that is coming with the successor of Windows Vista.
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18.7.2008 User paid to uninstall Windows XP
A Sheffield man has won a refund from Dell for not installing Microsoft's Windows XP on a laptop he bought from the PC giant. Freelance programmer Dave Mitchell ordered a Dell laptop on 21 October, and the machine was delivered a few days later.
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15.11.2006 Microsoft Claims Vista's Aero Interface Doesn't Slow PCs
Running Windows Vista's new Aero graphical interface doesn't impact PC performance, a study sponsored by Microsoft claims.
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2.1.2007 Windows Update automatically changing user settings - again
After Patch Tuesday this week (October 9), some Windows Vista users noticed something strange: Windows Update had changed their Automatic Update settings and rebooted their machines automatically without their consent.
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12.10.2007 Windows Vista Beta2 users to run as standard user
David Cross a Director of Program Management with Windows Security has posted today over at the UAC blog that the users accounts created on Windows Vista Beta2 will be standard users. Yep, thats right...not an Admin, not a Protected Admin, but a standard user.
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3.4.2006 Turn Off or Disable User Account Control (UAC) in Windows Vista
User Account Control (UAC) is a new security feature in Windows Vista that requires all users to log on and run in standard user privileges mode instead of as administrator with full administrative rights, thus prevent unauthorized or accidental changes that could destabilize the computers or allows virus and malware to exploit the system-level privileges provided to the local administrator to attack the network security, compromise computer safety and privacy, and damage files and settings in the network.
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19.12.2006 Jim Allchin explains Windows Vista User Account Control
One of the most basic conundrums in computer security is the constant trade-off between security and usability. At the end of the day, if security is too complicated to use, then it simply won't be used.
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24.1.2007 Stop the Windows Vista Features and Services Harvesting User Data for Microsoft
There is a constant flow of communication between Windows Vista and Microsoft. A collection of features and services across Microsoft's latest desktop operating system exchange data with locations on the Internet, including those belonging to the Redmond company.
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19.8.2007 32-bit and 64-bit Language Interface Packs for Windows Server 2008 SP2 RTM
Language Interface Pack (LIP), which also known as Multilingual User Interface (MUI) is an update which can be installed into supported operating system to convert the user interface into another localize language. Similar with Windows Vista SP2 LIPs, Microsoft has also released LIPs for Windows Server 2008 SP2 RTM.
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4.5.2009 A Mac user switches to Vista?
Say something critical about Microsoft and Windows and no one bats an eyelash. But write anything even faintly judgmental about the Macintosh and in comes a flood of hate mail from Mac users. The worst part is the tone of most, which generally tend toward religious zealotry. So before I begin, let me begin by saying any e-mails of that type that are sent in response to this story will be deleted, with no reply.
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3.2.2007 PC login Now - How To Change a Windows XP Limited User Account Into a Computer Administrator
One of the place that I work at has a few hundreds of computers and it is shared by students.
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12.7.2008 Vista's User Account Protection: one click and it's gone
Vista's biggest security enhancement is "User Account Protection" (or "User Account Control" ) which pops up and asks for user authentication before software can make any administrative changes to the system.
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9.9.2006 Office 2007 :: First impressions of an average user
OK, well perhaps I am not the average user, but I can say with my hand on my heart that I have never installed any of the Office 2007 Betas and, for what it's worth, not really followed the Office 2007 developement program with as much energy as others.
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2.12.2006 User reports shipping Vista is different from RTM
ONE OF our readers already bought Vista OEM from Overclockers. He installed it and got back with a few first impressions. And he reckons that the OEM Vista is not the same as the RTM (release to manufacture) he tried before.
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1.2.2007Windows Server 2008 Multilingual User Interface Language Packs
Multilingual User Interface Language Packs (Windows Server® Language Packs) enable a multilingual user interface in a Windows Server® 2008
environment. Adding one or more language packs to a Windows Server® 2008 image enables one or more languages in the installed Windows Server®
operating system, allowing corporations to deploy the same Windows Server® 2008 image worldwide while still providing localized user interfaces.
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27.02.2008Engineering Windows 7: User Account Control
Steven Sinofsky: We promised that this blog would provide a view of Engineering Windows 7 and that means that we would cover the full range of
topicsfrom performance to user interface, technical and non-technical topics, and of course easy topics and controversial topics. This post is about
User Account Control. Our author is Ben Fathi, vice president for core OS development. UAC is a feature that crosses many aspects of the Windows
architecturesecurity, accounts, user interface, design, and so onwe had several other members of the team contribute to the post.
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09.10.2008WindowBlinds 6 Alters Vista Interface
Stardock has released version 6 of its popular WindowBlinds user interface skinning application, which is the first tool that can overhaul the look of
Windows Vista - from the Taskbar to window borders and buttons...
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03.10.2007Windows Mobile 6.5 brings improved Soft Keys
We earlier saw some leaked screenshots of Windows Mobile 6.5 build 21159 which showed some changes in the user interface. One such improvement was
that of the Windows Media Player This seems to be an improvement of the soft key menus in the Windows Mobile interface. It is best understood when
we compare the old and the new interface That looks like a good improvement as it looks more "touch-friendly" One more thing to note is how the
highlighted items now have a glassy look to them.
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11.02.2009Update for Office 2003 Multilingual User Interface Pack
This update provides holidays for the Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 calendar when Outlook 2003 is used with a Multilingual User Interface Pack
installed. This update provides holidays for the years 2007 through 2012.
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30.01.2008Intel's Moblin 2.0 beta released
Intel has released the beta version of its Moblin OS 2.0 for Netbooks and Nettops to the public. A lot of work has gone into making a more functional
and visually pleasing user interface, which is reminiscent of HP's Ubuntu based MIE OS originally used on the Mini 1000. Moblin v1.0's user
interface Moblin's new user interface Here is the feature summary as listed in the official announcement: New, visually rich user experience,
optimized for Netbook and Nettops, building on the latest open source graphics technology, such as Clutter, DRI2, and KMS. The user experience is
provided mainly through the toolbar and panels, available at the top of the screen. The m_zone, acting as the 'home screen' panel.
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21.05.2009Engineering Windows 7: Managing Windows windows
Steven Sinofsky: Weve booted the machine, displayed stuff on the screen, launched programs, so next up were going to look at a pretty complex topic
that sort of gets to the core role of the graphical user interfacemanaging windows. Dave Matthews is program manager on the core user experience team
who will provide some of the data and insights that are going into engineering Windows 7.
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02.10.2008MIX09: Windows Mobile 6.5 UI changes and Windows Marketplace
Early this year Microsoft revealed Windows Mobile 6.5 and some of its plans for Windows Marketplace for Windows Mobile. Now at the MIX09 sessions,
Microsoft has revealed more details on the various UI enhancements in the Windows Mobile 6.5 and details regarding Windows Marketplace for Windows
Mobile. The new customizable user interface is more touch-friendly with: The most notable change being the honey-comb interface dropped in the start
screen, but retains the same basic structure of honeycomb and the icons are made bigger to make it touch-friendlyA fresh lock screen showing
alerts and notifications on the deviceRevamped text messages UIImproved scrolling Below is a comparison of the old and new honeycomb interface.
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20.03.2009New "Network Direct" RDMA Interface Available with Windows Server 2008
Phil Pennington: Windows HPC Server 2008 introduces a new low-latency RDMA network API known as "Network Direct". This RDMA interface in
addition to and distinct from the existing "Winsock Direct" interface. The Network Direct interface introduces several advantages over
Winsock Direct including no dependency on the Winsock stack and much lower latency metrics. MS MPI is being developed to take advantage of this
new interface.
This means that Infiniband vendors, for instance, will need to provide HCA Network Direct providers in
addition to (or perhaps instead of) the Winsock Direct providers published previously. Consequently, development is underway by both Microsoft
and partners to enable full support for the entire network stack.
For programmers, the Network Direct API provides a model
similar to the User Mode Driver Framework (UMDF). MS MPI will be the first user-mode application to leverage Network Direct.
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15.12.2007Microsoft: IE8 interface was priority over speed
The user interface was Microsoft's top priority when building its latest version of Internet Explorer, not performance benchmarking, according to a
Microsoft executive.
Stephane Kimmerlin, product marketing director, Windows client business group, Asia-Pacific, Microsoft, said
during a press demonstration of IE8 beta 2 that the browser's important features were user-interface enhancements, aimed at automating some common
actions for users.
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10.09.2008Microsoft designs the T-Mobile Shadow home UI
Long Zheng: There was a
lot of talk last week
about the
T-Mobile Shadow (a.k.a. HTC
Juno) user interface, some couldn’t believe it was still Windows Mobile. The Shadow sports a new homescreen codenamed “
Neo” designed by Microsoft in collaboration
with HTC and T-Mobile to make the mobile user-experience friendlier. The group at Microsoft responsible for the design is the
Advanced Technology Center (ATC) in Beijing China. It’s a little known
fact they also worked on the user interface for the
Microsoft Surface.
Whilst
most of the news coverage and
reviews about the Shadow talk a lot about the new
interface, there are some less-than-desirable pictures of the interface itself. Which is why I went straight to the source to get some high-resolution
screenshots and concept images of the “Neo” interface. They look so much better than the photos.
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09.11.200710 Futuristic User Interfaces
Good user interfaces are crucial for good user experience. It doesnt matter how good a technology is if we, designers, dont manage to make user
interface as intuitive and attractive as possible, the technology will hardly reach a breakthrough. To gain the interest in a new product or
technology, users need to understand its advantages or find themselves impressed or involved.
And here is where creative ideas
and unusual interface approaches become important. Innovative doesnt mean usable and usable hardly means innovative. As usual, its necessary to find
an optimal trade-off. And some user interfaces manage to achieve just that...
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18.08.2008What would Windows be without Win32?
Would Windows still be Windows if Microsoft yanked out the Win32 programming interface and User GDI graphics-device-interface layers and replaced them
with .Net managed code?
Thats not a purely hypothetical question; there are a couple of skunkworks projects indside Microsoft
investigating that very idea. And if the results of their incubations pan out, the first fruits of their labors could become part of Windows, maybe as
soon as Windows 8.
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15.09.2008Experience Windows Vista
See how the elegant user
interface, streamlined tasks,
and search-based navigation
will make using your computer
more rewarding than ever
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29.06.2006Previewing the Windows Vista
interface and user experience
Barb Bowman has been beta
testing Windows Vista and
shares a preview of what's
new and visually exciting in
the upcoming operating system...
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01.02.2006Firefox Graphical Keyboard User Interface Mockups
This is a series of mockups,
done by Mozilla UI designer
Alex Faaborg, showing what a
quick-command interface could
look like in Firefox (jumping
between tabs, searching,
tagging); heavily inspired by
the OS X app Quicksilver:
Here are some ideas Ive
had about how several
different Firefox features
could be designed using a
graphical keyboard user
interface. Please note that
these are all only conceptual
mockups, and we currently have
no official plans to implement
these features for Firefox 3
(although, we may at some
point release a prototype
extension through Mozilla
Labs). If you are an extension
developer and are interested
in contributing to a project
like this, please email me or
leave a note in the comments.
All of these mockups
show interfaces that are
entirely keyboard driven. A
keyboard shortcut launches the
UI, and the UI is later
dismissed by either selecting
an item using the arrow keys
and hitting enter, or by
hitting escape. These
interfaces are all modal, and
when invoked they occupy large
amounts of space on the
screen.
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07.07.2007First Post-Beta 2 Vista Build
Released
Microsoft late Friday
delivered the first build of
Windows Vista to follow the
release of Beta 2 at WinHEC in
May. Build 5456 is available
to technical beta testers, and
includes better user interface
performance along with User
Account Control tweaks to
lessen the number of
authentication notices...
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26.06.2006HTC HD2 available in Europe today, US 2010
HTC has officially confirmed that the HTC HD2 will be available today in the UK, Europe and Asia. The HTC HD2 is HTC's latest Windows Phone which
includes the latest operating system Windows Mobile 6.5. The HD2 also comes with HTC's latest user experience, HTC Sense. Sense is based on the
TouchFLO 3D interface found on older HTC models. Sense sits on top of Windows Mobile and provides extra functionality and an improved user interface
for accessing common applications. According to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer: "Working with HTC, we've delivered great phones that help customers
connect to the people and information they care about, wherever they are," said Ballmer.
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04.11.2009Tweak MCE PowerToy Available
for Download
Tweak MCE gives you
access to systems settings and
options not normally exposed
in the Windows XP Media Center
Edition user interface,
including remote control
settings, Skip and Replay time
customizations, user interface
options, and more. It also
helps you to optimize Media
Center Extender for plasma and
non-CRT displays. It works
with Update Rollup 2 for
Windows XP Media Center
Edition
2005.
Syst
em
Requirements:
-Supported
Operating Systems: Windows XP
Media Center
Edition
Dow
nload:
Tweak MCE
PowerToy..
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08.11.2005Windows Firewall Flaw Hides Open Ports
Microsoft earlier this week confirmed a flaw exists in the way the user interface for its Windows Firewall handles bad entries in the Windows Registry, but said the problem was not a security vulnerability. An exception could be created that would open a hole in the Windows Firewall...
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