Microsoft VP Tony Prophet talks about running Modern UI apps in windowed mode.
Microsoft Talks More About Next Version of Windows : Read more
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"The second feature we're thinking about is enabling modern apps to run windowed on the desktop versus only running in the immersive full-screen mode,"
So, the same ability that we always had when running any other standard applications. Bravo Microsoft team. Do you even know that your OS is called "Windows"? Hence opening things in windows, dragging them around, etc?
Come on...
I've had that ability since I picked up Windows 8... it's called MetroMix from Stardock, and it does the job fairly well."The second feature we're thinking about is enabling modern apps to run windowed on the desktop versus only running in the immersive full-screen mode,"
So, the same ability that we always had when running any other standard applications. Bravo Microsoft team. Do you even know that your OS is called "Windows"? Hence opening things in windows, dragging them around, etc?
Come on...
Am I the only one that likes 8.1?
I used W7 for 5 or 6 years and just recently built a new computer. I had an OEM version of W7 so I went ahead and put the 8.1 trial on this computer. I don't have a touch screen but I like the new "button" start menu -- IMO it's like having a second desktop menu. I keep all my games and system tweaking programs as small icons, stuff like uTorrent and iTunes as large icons so they're easy to click.... Also put shortcuts to directories I use often.
Overall it feels faster and cleaner than W7, while also catering more to the power user (computer knowledgeable user) than W7 did.
Yeah! You should straighten out Google and Apple too while you're at it.I'd also like for Microsoft to go back to saying "applications" or "programs", instead of "apps". It's just lame.
You're a little behind on the news, huh? You can set it to manually do whatever you want. You can do that right now in Windows 8.1. This is just an improved default behavior that works well for most users out of the box - everyone else will either change a setting to suit their needs or whine about it online."Windows will boot to the desktop when there is no touchscreen connected and a keyboard and mouse is detected. If the customer has a touch screen or tablet, then Windows will boot to the Start Screen"
Please give me an option to disable this. as i have a Wacom Cintiq.