Windows 10 trials for half a year user experience Old users please rest assured to upgrade but not too cool

While looking forward to the Microsoft Windows 10 conference tonight, let's review the Windows 10 related news so far. Although I started the Windows 10 testing process six months ago, there are still many people waiting for this milestone release, let me make a comment for those who are still waiting.

1, version number problem

First, some media mentioned why the version number goes directly to 10 instead of 9. This is not the same as Windows Vista to 7, because Vista is version 6. The BBC thinks
, this is to skip the associations that people have failed with Windows 8, and to connect with Mac OS X for direct comparison.

And Sina Technology's editor
seems to have received exclusive news: because some software is in the judgment of the operating system version, it will be judged as 95 or 98 by Windows 9” From the perspective of compatibility, only 10 was chosen.

Although it is very curious if you go to Windows 20, it will jump, but it seems that we have no chance. Because Windows 10 is probably the last major version of Windows from the version number, after which, a new version with minor improvements will be released, just like Apple's MAC system, its large version number always stays at OS X. It is better to say that Windows 10 will eventually evolve into a trademark.

2, Start Menu

Windows 8 sets a very steep learning curve, and old users will feel less used. In fact, even if we are engaged in IT-related news reports, we will not be able to find the shutdown button at the beginning. Fortunately, the Start menu returned to us in Windows 10.

Windows 8 is a very clear system that you want to design for touch-enabled tablets. Although Microsoft first proposed the prototype tablet PC for tablets that people are currently using, it is not the last to succeed. In the market competition environment that Windows is now facing, although it still firmly dominates the PC field, the form of PC is no longer the main form of people accessing the Internet and completing work. So at that time, a system designed just for the tablet appeared.

In fact, just a few days ago, I was still in the last few days of active 8.1, and went to Microsoft and Lenovo's flagship store to experience the Windows 8.1 touch screen machine. As a result, even on the touch screen, I still don't use the special habits, because several multitasking gestures on the iPad are not possible. Of course, some people say that split screens are easier to use, but I prefer 4 finger swipes to switch directly from one application to another. And if someone pampers the home key, he now has a choice other than a small white point, that is, using a few fingers to do the scratching action, licking the screen, it will return to the main screen.

In contrast, the 8.1 gesture requires the eye to stare at the screen while the finger is moving to a position on the screen. For example, to call out the multitasking switching interface, slide a little bit to the right from the left edge of the screen and bounce back. What is the extent of this "a little bit" Your eyes must look at the screen. In contrast, Apple's several gestures are very natural and smooth, even if you only touch the screen, you can do similar operations. Perhaps this is the "blind play" in the era of touch screen.

So after experiencing so many problems, Windows 8 has become a system that no one will be too popular. It is the same as Waterloo in Windows Vista, which is a historical conclusion. The Verge's main author, Warren, wrote
:

<;Microsoft had a tradition of messing things up and saving us back in the next version. Windows 7 saved Vista users … … Windows XP saved Me users … … now 10 is to save us from the 8.1 nightmare. ”

So the start menu is back, I hope I can really save us.

3, but still touch screen priority

In the process of Windows 10 upgrade, most of the machines that need to be upgraded are PCs. Still, Microsoft still sets Windows 10 as a touch-screen-first system. For the touch screen, those features that originally existed on Windows 8 and 8.1 will not disappear because of the PC users. On the contrary, Microsoft has made every effort to move the features that had to rely on x86 systems to a unified application that is compatible with tablets and mobile phones.

The first is the Windows attachment. Windows 8 is completely reversed on this matter, it provides a radical user interface, but the iteration of the attachment is cautious, it has two sets of calculators, two recorders, two calendars, two mail. Users can choose to uninstall one of them, and they generally choose to uninstall, often a unified application version that Microsoft wants to vigorously support; because it is not used first, and secondly in the 8.x system, the opening and running efficiency of such applications Extremely low, it is simply not comparable to x86 applications.

In the latest Windows 10 (version number 10240) for official release, it is now possible to open a unified application very smoothly, so that I use the built-in Groove music program instead of the original one. QQ video, become the default choice for playing audio files (but please forgive me, I still use the video player). The built-in viewing software, compared to several versions of the image viewer, adds the landscaping feature that was previously only available by downloading the Windows Essentials enhancement package.

Compared with several generations of systems, email, calendar, and contacts have been upgraded and more pleasing to the eye. However, it is clear that ZDNet's editors
don't like this change, and he wants to keep the traditional inbox instead of summing it up into session mode. He said: "Before Microsoft offers this option, I will never use my own mail client. & rdquo; (By the way, users who can't access Gmail can use this built-in mail client to add Hotmail and domestic mailbox without any pressure.)

Under all this, a lot of x86 attachments are being used. Cut it off. I hope to continue cutting the rest of the next time, such as drawing (can be replaced with Fresh Paint) and WordPad (can be replaced with OneNote). The promotion of unified applications, as I said before, has promoted Microsoft's development and control of the ecosystem
, and the app store will become more and more useful. Developing a unified application is significantly less difficult than x86, and it is also easy to port to iOS and Android. I hope more developers can join it.

Second, I took Cortana, because even if I used the FaceTime effect to pull out the MacBook Air, Xiaona would often not hear what I said. Then you imagine the PC's jagged microphone settings, I am afraid you can only type and ask questions?

4, Edge is still a good person

This really doesn't want to explain too much. Although the editor is very polite, the current use of Edge is not because there is no extension, but I believe that he will not use it with the extension. From small to large, Microsoft's browser is designed to download other browsers.

Specifically, this time the Edge browser experience, if you have used the Internet browser for tablet design before, you should know what is going on. If you have a pen in your hand, you can now circle it and send it to OneNote. However, ……

I went to the Microsoft authorized dealership in Xidan Joy City, and the clerk still pushed me the Surface pen and OneNote. When it comes to circle, I will say, I may not be used to writing with a pen. 1) Fine drawing I can enlarge the frame and use the finger to operate; 2) I want to use the voice in large batches of text input. So next time marketing, please recommend me something beyond the circle. The same is true for Edge. The dot is actually the only selling point of Edge so far, which is really distressing.

5, Conclusion

Starting menu regression and operating habits move closer to 7 to reflect the user; insist on developing a unified application and stick to the screen priority, this is the principle of adherence. Windows 10 faces these two different goals, and what does it do? Glue the two pieces together with glue.

It is this feeling. Even the icons are not unified. In the traditional desktop and the part that involves unified applications, it can be said that Windows 10 is only reluctant to give an alternative, with minimal compromises to ensure that Windows Insider participants are convinced.

Before I mentioned, Windows 10 completely let go of the opinions of users all over the world. You can also make a specific suggestion, and you can also be a high forum with Microsoft. However, this is to ensure that the product can be sold, and finally to eliminate the x86 metamorphosis target as the highest struggle program. And in the forum, there are many ordinary users. What do they want? Maybe it's a lifetime of Windows 7 or even XP.

I think I can follow Microsoft with this batch of users to ensure that you have migrated from Windows 7 to 10, except for the interface will be forbearance (no Aero can be), other operating habits are completely OK! Just worry about a bold upgrade.

But the world is yours and Microsoft, but in the end it will be the grandchildren we don't understand at all. They will grow up in the immersion of electronic products, learn the metaphor of the programmer when they are born, and even learn programming in elementary school. What do they say when they look back at the major changes like Windows 8?

“This old antique, isn't the start menu gone, even the shutdown will not, really stupid! ”

—— Probably this is the case.