Technology & IT | Monday 27 July, 2015 3:22 am |

Finally a fun browser!

 

While building Microsoft Edge, Microsoft took a look at how people currently share and save content across the web, and how they communicate with others whether friends, family or coworkers. Microsoft found that the process was actually labor intensive – copying and pasting into an email – and not direct or personal – sending a link or clipped screenshot.

 

Microsoft wanted to reminisce to simpler more personal times, bring people’s experiences online back to what we used to do in the physical world such as passing Note back and forth with pen and paper. A simple, personal, easy and fun experience.

 

 

Web Note, one of the key features in Microsoft Edge, does just this by allowing you to use your finger or a stylus to draw right on a web page and then easily share it with others or save it for yourself. This really changes the way people interact with the web.

 

For instance, you'll be able to jot down Note on a page - recipes, running routes, game times, etc. - and share it out with people. And, of course, there's the more lighthearted side of this. You could "edit" articles however you want, adjust pictures, add captions.

 

Windows 10 is now the best Windows ever for gaming.

 

With Xbox on Windows 10, Microsoft is bringing some of the most exciting features from Xbox Live and some of the most popular Xbox experiences into Windows 10 itself. The built-in Xbox app is the place where your world of gaming comes together. It is a unified view of the games you care about, your friends, and your gaming activities. And with Xbox Live, more than 50 million members will now connect across screens in new ways.

 

The sheer size and scale of Windows 10 coupled with the robust Xbox Live gaming network provides a huge opportunity for gamers and for game developers. For gamers, Windows 10 unifies their gaming across devices, letting them play with friends on PCs, phones, and Xbox consoles. It also extends the reach of their Xbox games because players can stream games from their Xbox One console to Windows 10 PCs. Windows 10 also brings new features to PC gamers, like built in Game DVR for nearly any game and DirectX 12 graphics capabilities.

 

For developers, Windows 10 brings one core operating system, one application platform, one gaming social network, one store, and one ingestion path across more than one billion devices. With the Windows 10 Universal Windows Platform, any developer can create a single game and target multiple devices making it much easier to bring content to gamers on all Windows 10 devices.

 

The start button returns with Windows 10

 

The Start button introduced in Windows 95 to the tune of Rolling Stones’ Start Me Up on August 24, 1995 – has seen a variety of different implementations. The Start menu is back with Windows 10 and it is more personal, more organized, and more fun than before. With Windows 10, Microsoft has created an experience they believe will feel familiar and like home to the more than half of all Windows customers.

 

Users will   find it right where they expect it. Select Start Start menu icon on the desktop, then make it yours. Pin go-to apps and content, like contacts from the People app. Arrange items into groups, move and resize tiles, even change the size of the Start menu itself.

 

You can pin apps to Start to show live updates on what’s happening in your world, like new email, your next appointment, or the weekend weather.

 

To pin an app, go to Start Start menu icon > All apps, press and hold (or right-click) the app, and then select Pin to Start.

 

You can also drag apps from the Most used list or from All apps to pin them to Start. After you have pinned an app, move it into a group. To create a group, move an app up or down until a group divider appears and then release the tile. Move apps in or out of the group as your fancy takes you. To give your new group a name, just select the open space above your new group and enter a name.

 

You can make Start feel even more like home, make it yours with an account picture and your favorite colors.

 

The left side of Start features an all-new, yet familiar, design. Users can easily jump to different locations in Windows, like File Explorer and Settings. You can see the apps you use everyday under Most used. If you have a new app from the Store, it will appear under Recently added. For a list of all your apps and programs, select All apps.