Windows 7

Charlotte Jones walks us through some of the new features we're looking forward to in Windows 7. Check out some of the features like the Jump List, the new task bar with previews, and other UI improvements.

By now, you’ve surely seen the new Windows 7 taskbar which is one of the biggest UI changes in the upcoming OS. If you want to get a taste of that experience on your XP machine, you can check out Iconizer, a third party application that revamps the taskbar on XP PCs. The app changes the way the…

One of my all-time favorite bloggers, Long Zheng of istartedsomething.com, has just introduced a new search connector he programmed himself for integration into the Windows 7 search service. The connector is a combination of the OpenSearch Description File generator (aka the “Search Connector” in…

Have you been eying the new Windows 7 features with envy? Well, now you can get at least one of them on your Vista computer: Aero Shake. Over at LifeHacker, they’ve released an app that lets you shake your active window to minimize all the other open windows, just like in Windows 7. Shake again,…

In Part 1, you saw the user experience of finding and organizing your files in Windows 7. In Part 2, David Washington and Brandon Paddock show how developers can build federated search applications that enable you to easily search your organization's intranet or the Web and integrate those…

The new COM API for UI Automation (UIA) is a significant advance over previous OS support for programmatic access to UI from native code. The Windows 7 UI Automation API also introduces new support for ARIA properties, virtualized controls, and customizable patterns. This presentation also shares…

Windows 7 is going to ship with an updated version of Windows Media Player, WMP 12, which we’re excited to try out. In keeping with the new look of Microsoft apps, the new Media Player features a brighter, lighter look that reminds me of the new Windows Live betas. However, it’s not just the UI…

Steven Sinofsky participates in an Open Space Discussion on Windows 7 at the PDC.

Sometimes it’s the little things, you know? In the PDC session “Welcome to the Windows 7 desktop“ which was hosted by Chaitanya Sareen several new Windows 7 features were revealed. One that we didn’t see in the keynote presentation is this new “color hot-track” feature. When your mouse hovers over…

In Windows 7, Windows Media Center is getting a makeover. Nothing too  radical is changing, and that’s good, because WMC is a pretty solid program already. Some of the biggest changes involve the back-end and how content is moved across the network. The new code reflects this shift towards…