Judging by recent previews of Windows 8, Microsoft's operating system is in for a big makeover in its next version. It's designed to run on both tablets and PCs, though exactly what about the OS will vary between those two devices isn't yet clear. Visually, perhaps the most striking characteristic of Windows 8 is its use of tiles reminiscent of those found in Windows Phone 7's UI.
Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) began its Windows 8 publicity blitz in earnest Wednesday, previewing an operating system that appears to break from the norm in more ways than one.
It has a tile interface similar to that of Windows Phone 7, it will run on PCs and tablets, and it will support both touchscreen and mouse-and-keyboard interactions
Further, developers will be able to use common Web technologies such as HTML 5 and JavaScript to create Windows 8 apps.The upcoming version of Windows represents a fundamental change in the OS's design that Redmond hasn't attempted since the launch of Windows 95, said Mike Angiulo, a Microsoft corporate vice president, during a Windows 8 presentation at the Computex conference in Taipei.
The new UI has apparently been well received.
"It looks like the user interface is a winner, building on the differentiated and well-received Windows Phone 7 UI, except with bigger and richer tiles," Al Hilwa, a program director at IDC, told TechNewsWorld.
"Feedback from everybody I've talked to is very good, and the only downside is folks would like to see Windows 8 this year instead of in 2012," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld.
Microsoft declined to provide further comment on Windows 8, with spokesperson Jackie Lawrence pointing TechNewsWorld to the company's website for published information relating to the new OS.
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