Microsoft has been working on its first update for Windows 8.1 for some time now and we recently saw some of its features displayed on leaked screenshots. Now the Windows 8.1 Update 1 itself has been leaked and is available for download through various file sharing sites. Lets take a look at some of the new changes coming to Windows 8.1 in the near futureThe leaked build is three weeks old, which means Microsoft will likely make more alterations before the final version of the the Update 1 is ready.
When Microsoft released Windows 8 back in 2012, the platform was designed with only touch-based devices in mind. Unfortunately the platform wasn't well received, since over 90% of the users still used desktops and laptops without touch displays.While Windows 8.1 greatly resolved these issues, it appears Update 1 takes that initiate one step further.
Here are a list of new features found in Windows 8.1 Update 1:
- Metro apps have a title bar, with close/minimize buttons and the ability to “Split left/right” when you right-click it.
- You can keep taskbar visible while using modern apps
- Control Panel item in metro PC Settings
- 200% and 250% DPI scaling modes added to control panel (in 8.1 RTM, to get these values you have to go “custom”), 250% is the default on screens with more than 1800 vertical lines
- Shutdown button on the start screen*, doesn’t show on less than 8″ tablets to prevent accidental shutdown
- Search button on the start screen*
- Instead of metro bars (top and bottom) a context menu appears when you right-click an app on the start screen*
- Pinning metro apps to desktop taskbar*
- Internet Explorer Enterprise Mode
As we mentioned before, we hope that this will be the first step in Windows evolving to suite the type of hardware it is running on. While these enhancements appear on devices with mouse and keyboard support, only some of them will appear on smaller touch only devices. Share your thoughts below.
source - TheVerge | WinBeta
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