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This is the future of Win10!
« on: May 31, 2020, 05:04:10 PM »
Detailed analysis of the next generation of Win10 21H1

On May 28th, Microsoft officially launched Windows 10 May Update (v2004) to global users. So far this year, the largest Windows 10 upgrade ended here (usually the first half of the year is a feature update, and the second half is mainly bug fixes). As the current version of the dust settled, more and more netizens began to focus on the next version of Win10.



According to Microsoft, the next generation of Windows 10 (significant feature update) will be unveiled in the first half of 2021, code-named Windows 10 21H1 (or Iron). There is very little news about this version, but from the official words, we can still sort out the outline of the next generation of Win10.

Highlights 1. Fully updated UI beautification

For a long time, everyone complained a lot about Win10's UI. It's not that its design is bad. It's just that it is unacceptable to be able to "fuse" many styles at the same time in a system.

At the beginning of the year, Microsoft broke a new set of screenshots of the start menu on the Internet and even provided a video for it. However ... as you can see, the new menu did not appear in the May 2020 edition. In other words, if it does not appear in the May edition, it means that we can only see the new menu at this time next year at the earliest.


The new start menu that was officially released before

Compared with the current version of the start menu, the new menu weakens the concept of tiles, but it does not completely cancel it. From the preview, Microsoft only retains the tiles of some built-in applications, and more programs are still based on icons. In terms of details, the new version optimized the light / dark style design, cleared the color blocks under the icon, and the menu style began to automatically match the system theme. Especially with the new micro-stereoscopic icon, the value of Win10 has greatly improved.


The new menu is no longer pursuing colorful, more concise and bright

Highlight 2. Humanized benchmarking third party

Although Win10's search has gone through many iterations, many small partners still miss Listary, everything and other third-party tools. The reason is that they are closely related to some of their humanized designs.

At this year's Build 2020 Microsoft Developers Conference, the official announced a new feature called "Windows Version Focused Search".


Screenshot of the legendary Win version of "focused search"

Similar to command + space in Listary or Mac, Microsoft's "focus search" is also activated by shortcut keys. After pressing Alt + Space, a search box will pop up on the screen. Enter the software name or text to get the search results. From the screenshot, the entire search experience is very similar to MAC's "focused search". In addition to local search, it also takes into account functions such as web search, quick calculation, and favorites access. Rather than saying that this is an innovation from Microsoft, it is better to say that the software giant is learning from a third-party manufacturer for the first time, and for users, this is definitely a situation that is happy.

Highlight 3. Microsoft-flavored Chromium

Since Edge changed its name to Chromium, Microsoft has been adding various small features to it. This is obviously not in line with Chrome's thinking, but it is very similar to Microsoft's previous routine.

Microsoft recently announced at the Build 2020 Developer Conference that it will launch a new Edge feature. That is, through the right-click menu, a new set of search fields is opened directly on the right side of the current webpage to avoid the trouble of switching back and forth between different tabs.


Edge search sidebar

Highlights 4. Global Clipper

Traditional favorites can only store URLs. Is there a container that can record web pages, pictures, texts, and diaries globally?

In Microsoft's vision, a feature called "Collection" came into being. This is a sub-function attached to Edge. In addition to the traditional web page collection, you can also use the "collection" function to collect URL pages, pictures, and text, which is equivalent to a comprehensive web page clipper. At the same time, "Collection" supports partition management, which can create tags for different collection categories (such as learning, film and television, work, etc.) like a notebook. In addition, it also has the function of exporting Microsoft Office and OneNote with one click, which can be easily used across devices (cloud synchronization).


Upgraded version of "Favorites"

Highlights 5. SETS regression

What is "SETS"? Old players will certainly not be unfamiliar, this is a multi-tab feature of the resource manager launched in the early version of Win10. However, for individual reasons, SETS was completely canceled after only staying in the preview for a period of time. It is reported that Microsoft plans to restore this feature in the 21H1 version.


SETS will return

The simple understanding of SETS is the broad version of Edge multi-tab, but its scope is no longer limited to Edge, and the content displayed also extends to web pages, folders, office software, etc. It is reported that the reason why the previous SETS was cut off is that its core is the old version of the Edge browser, and now that Edge has successfully transferred to the arms of Chromium, does it mean that the new version of SETS is also not far from returning It!

Highlights 6. Full touch

Although Microsoft has always advertised that Win10 was born for touch, due to the incoordination of internal components (with UWP and Win32), the actual experience is not as good as expected. As more and more Windows 10 components begin to be UWP, there are still few components designed using Win32. Among them, the resource manager is the most eye-catching one.

At present, Microsoft has not disclosed more details about the UWP version of Explorer, but from the previous video and the Windows 10X image, we can still figure out its taste.


Windows 10X Explorer

The new version of the resource manager uses the standard Fluent Design design. The left side can be expanded or collapsed, and the right side is designed as the content area like the current version. Commonly used functions and the address bar are folded and displayed on the right side, while maintaining existing habits, effectively improving the touch user experience. Unlike the traditional Win32 module, the UWP version has better compatibility with the light / dark theme, so the visual sense greatly surpasses the former. At the same time, the cloud and the local are no longer the boundaries, and the synchronization of files across devices is realized. And this actually reflects the future development direction of Windows.

Write at the end

Although Win10 has been available for more than 5 years, consumers seem to be not buying it. In addition to poor stability, the current version of Windows 10 also has slots such as high resource consumption, the poor connection of components, and inconsistent UI style. With the update of Windows 10 in May, the new generation of Windows 10 will bring us more reverie? Maybe only let time answer.

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