Windows 8 Consumer Preview Demo

Published on March 8, 2012 by Sara Allison

You may have heard the Windows 8 Consumer Preview was launched last week, along with a new set of capabilities like customisable live tiles, roaming profiles and preferences. If you’ve not yet downloaded it and had a play around then this demo from Jensen Harris, Director of Program Management for Windows User Experience gives a good overview of some of the key features and might just persuade you to take a look for yourself… for example:

swiping down from the top of an app closes the app
in IE10, swiping backwards takes you back page by page (rather than swiping between apps)
with a mouse clicking in the top left rotates you through running apps

It’s well worth 8 minutes of your time.

Download the Consumer Preview

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chris

Dont get it!!! its not worth it. It stops you internet working sometimes, makes the computer slow and does allow you to play any games!

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Chris

This has given me some renewed confidence in Windows 8, in particular the use of it on the PC. A friend and I were debating the other day, and I came to realise that actually the loss of the "traditional" start menu isn't really a big deal. Yes, the new metro thing is very different and, lets face it, designed for a touch interface. However, when thinking about the old start menu, for me personally it's actually a fairly rubbish design. The only thing I use it for is accessing a program quickly - usually typing as the folders soon become a mess - which metro can still do. Apart from that about the only other button I press is shut down, so really it's a bit of a waste of space. Can't wait to try it out, just a shame that my "test" laptop is a netbook so the resolutions just that bit too small to try things out fully.

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