Details 1. Multi-process paste
Copy”,“Paste” I am afraid that the two most qualified features in Windows have not changed for many years. In Win8, this feature was clearly given new ideas. The first is the long-awaited progress box integration. In the past, when we were performing multi-tasking replication, each task generated a progress box. Many progress boxes were stacked together, which was difficult to distinguish and not easy to manage. In Win8, no matter how many sets of copy tasks are executed at the same time, the system will automatically merge them together. In addition to the convenience of viewing and management, you can even over-occupy system resources (such as large file copy) when a task is excessively occupied. Manually pause it and continue copying after other tasks have finished executing, so as not to delay those more anxious operations.
Figure 1 Multi-process paste (default)
Figure 2 Multi-process paste (detailed)
The newly added speed curve is also very eye-catching. Some of the previous applications must rely on professional software. (such as U disk speed measurement), now you can also get it directly.
Figure 3 U disk speed
Figure 4 Suspend operation will also be automatically integrated
Details 2. Visual operation
In Win8, many operations have been visually modified The velocity profile referred to in detail 1 can be regarded as an example. In addition, when we delete an image in Win8, the system will also display a preview image of the image intimately for the user to confirm quickly (unfortunately, multi-image deletion does not have this feature). And when file copying conflicts, Win8 also provides an intuitive visual screening that tells the user what each picture looks like by the most primitive human eye.
More and more popular new hardware. And one of the more interesting changes is that a lot of hardware has been added to the real-life photos, for example, you can now find the same photo icon in your Win 8 as your U disk, which looks more eye-catching and intuitive. Of course, the hardware must be in advance. Certified by Microsoft.
Figure 7 Real-life hardware
Details 4. Image unlocking
Users familiar with Android must be very familiar with the graphics unlock, yes, when Android first launched this feature, it was a sensation It is. In Win8, a feature called "Picture password" is an upgraded version of it.
Picture password is actually a picture specified by the user, and then set three operations in the three positions of the picture according to the prompt, the action and the landing point of the mouse constitute the unlock condition. Since the position and the action are completely irregular, the encryption is theoretically much safer than the password, and the probability of being cracked is almost zero.
Figure 8 Create picture password
Details 5. Upgrade address bar
Maybe you will say that Ribbon is the biggest point of view of Win8 window, as for other functions, it is not much different from Win7 system. In fact, while saying this, you have actually missed a very useful improvement of Win8 —— actionable address bar.
Generally, we will use drag and drop to copy files to the upper level or upper level folder, but in fact, in Win7, you can only select the target folder through the tree directory on the left, if the current directory is in a very good position. Deep, sorry, either you press the left button while the first level is activated, or you can directly use the copy and paste method to manually get it, anyway, it is not so happy. In Win8, the above operation can be simplified directly to dragging a file to a node on the address bar. Note that the address bar will automatically follow the prompts to pop up different prompts (Move or Copy). Don't think that this operation looks very simple, it really doesn't work in Win7, don't believe you try it!
Figure 9 Operational address bar
Details 6. Mixed startup
Many test articles It is claimed that Win8's startup speed is much higher than that of Win7, but why is Win8 booting in your computer not to force it? In fact, the reason why Win8 starts up quickly, all benefit from a so-called "mixed boot" Function, this technology can only be enabled when we check the “Hybrid Boot” checkbox in the “Control Panel→All Control Panel Items→Power Options→Choose what closing the liddoes” panel. Under the guidance of this technology, Win8 saves some kernel dialogs that should be closed to a disk file named hiberfil.sys, and writes the contents directly back to the memory at the next boot, thus improving the system startup speed. And this is the same as the "Hiber Shutdown" that was mixed with the current year.
Figure 10 Mixed boot options
Details 7. Interesting split screens
In fact, since the Win7 era, Microsoft has been thinking about big screen users. At that time, a quick split screen function called Aero Snap has been familiar to many netizens. When we need to display two windows side by side, we only need to drag two windows to the leftmost and rightmost edges of the screen. After releasing the hand, each window will automatically occupy 50% of the screen space, thus achieving the effect of split screen viewing.
In Win8, the split screen function goes one step further. As long as your screen resolution is higher than 1366× 768 (low resolution users can also be forced to open via the registry), then you can directly experience it. Just hover your mouse over the left edge of the screen and find another window that has already been launched. Hold down the mouse and drag the window from left to right. You will see the thumbnail of the window grows from small to large and will eventually be new. The window is fixed to a certain position.
Figure 11 Win8 split screen effect
The reason why Win8 split screen is further improved, on the one hand, because the size of each split screen can be adjusted by the user dragging the mouse in real time, on the other hand “Desktop” is the first time to participate in the division as a disposable element (that is, you can also open several sub-windows on the desktop, in fact, there are already some virtual machine flavors ~), which makes it include videos, games, animations, web pages, etc. Almost all desktop elements can be re-screened by the system, far more flexible and comprehensive than Win7.
Figure 12 Adjust the split screen position after the effect (Win8 smart reduced the left side of the element)
Details 8. Program hangs
A lot of first-time users of Win8 will have such a question, why Metro interface The program below does not exit (close) button? In fact, this is a less well-known improvement in Win8 — — & ldquo; program hangs & rdquo;.
Unlike the program that we used to open and close, Win8 introduces a third program state ——“Suspended”(suspend). Simply put, when we open a group of programs in the Metro interface, press the Win button again to return to the Metro main menu, these programs will automatically enter the Suspended state (visible to the task manager) to save system resources.
Figure 13 The resource usage of the suspended program
Compared with the traditional shutdown state, the suspended program does not occupy the conventional system resources such as CPU, hard disk, network, etc. This is a bit like the previous Windows " System sleep & rdquo;. It is because the suspended program does not really exit, so when we click on these programs again, not only the startup speed is very fast, but also the system will automatically restore the look of the original hang, such as the opened web page, browsing Weather forecast, chess game just played, ……, and this is exactly the same as Android's memory management.
Of course, due to the need to save some information, memory usage is inevitable, but Win8 can automatically coordinate and clear programs that hang up for a long time and use a lot of memory, so there is no need to worry about the stability of the system.
Figure 14 Suspend program will remain as it is after recovery.
Details 9. Slower graphics card
If you look closely, you will find that even if the same computer is installed with the same driver The scores of Win7 and Win8 will not be the same. Take the author's computer, Win3 scores 3.5 points, but Win8 has only 2.6 points. In fact, the reason why the graphics card scores decline does not mean that this graphics card can not work well under Win8, but Win8 has higher requirements for graphics cards.
Figure 15 Win7 and Win8 system score comparison
It is well known that from the era of Vista, Microsoft has allocated a part of the system load to the graphics card, what is the frosted glass effect, window 3D effect, Aero Snap, Flip 3D, etc. All of them are credit cards. In the era of Win8, with more high-performance graphics cards available, Microsoft began to prepare it for a larger range of work, so this has led to a disparity in the scores of previous graphics cards. In other words, the score of the graphics card under Win8 becomes lower. In fact, it is Microsoft's “intentional” that the purpose is to allow users to add higher graphics cards to the system to meet the increasing graphics processing needs.
Details 10. The "Winnings Start menu" is always familiar, but you know? This start menu is actually different from Win7, it can automatically display the required according to the current program. Set the options instead of popping up a "same control" panel every time you like Win7.
Just take the dazzling weather forecast, many netizens actually have such a question, that is, how to change the system default Fahrenheit to Celsius? In fact, the solution is very simple, just enter the weather forecast interface. Bring up the bottom left corner of the Start menu, then click “Settings”→“Weather Preferences", and finally “Fahrenheit" to “Celsius” How? This time, “ On-demand display & rdquo; meaning understand it.
Figure 16 Don't look simple! In fact, many people don't know
Details 11. Process restart
The new version of the task manager has been introduced in many articles, the function is indeed powerful, but the author still found A small detail is that there is an additional "Restart" option in the right-click menu of Windows Explorer”. Simply put, the significance of this function is that when we complete a desktop modification and need to restart the viewing effect, we don't have to restart the computer cumbersomely. Instead, we enter the task manager and execute the command to restart the Explorer. After a few seconds, the shell loads. When it is finished, the result of the modification will actually be displayed.
Figure 17 New one-click restart (only for "Windows Explorer"; 哟~)
In fact, these are just editors as one of the most common trials in use. Occasionally, in the win8 system, there are certainly many secrets that have not been known to us. If you are interested, you can also share and discover with you after the experience, let more and more people experience the charm of win8!