Within this week Microsoft is arranging a developers conference in San Francisco.
This is an important event before therelease of Windows 8.1 update 1 on April 8th.
The major thing will be the announcement of theupdate to Windows 8.1.
It is good news to mouse-and-keyboard users of Windows operating system, according to its VP Joe Belfiore.
Though Woody Leonhard of windowssecrets.com doesnt speculate drastic changes to this new update.
Neither does he mention that Windows 7 or Vista or XP users are going to jump the bandwagon.
Just to follow suit with Microsofts idea of contemplating change to its old OS users.
But truly speaking Microsoft has heard its mouse-and-keyboard customers and is making some amendments in this update.
Changes Not Noticeable but Significant …
The thing that is much worthy to talk about in this update is the Boot to Desktop feature.
Even new Windows 8 PCs without touch-screens should have the same feature.
This will save lot of tech-support calls for Microsoft, as many customers are requesting this feature.
In-case this didnt workout for you, there is a small tweak that needs to be made.
There are two new icons on the Start Screen that come in handy for the casual Windows user.
The Search icon is for the adapting users of Windows 8.
But for previous users who are more accustomed to click something to get Search, this will be useful.
The look of this window title bar looks like that of the classic version of Windows.
It has a _ and X icons at the upper right hand side to minimize and close.
There is also a drop-down list of options when you grab the icon on the upper left hand side.
For example the Weather metro app can be seen here.
Changes to Support for Universal Apps
The Update 1 brings compatibility of apps.
If an app is developed for one gadget, it works on other devices also.
Now the navigation of these apps has become lot simpler.
There are more options and more clickable elements in the new update.
Now there is seamless browsing without any interruptions.
Now going with the rumors, you could pin them.
you’ve got the option to also right-choose the tile and have several options.
This reduces the headache of customizing the quick-access feature.
The Start Screen has also some changes.
These are useful features if you are mouse-and-keyboard user.
Theother significant improvementis in the RAM and footprints.
Also the installation footprint has decreased from 32GB to 16GB.
This is a significant improvement when the competition becomes rough with Chrome OS.
This will also speed up start-up times.
For the ultrabooks, it will have some important SSD storage saved.
But this changed with the new update.
You will have a labelNEWbeside the app which is highlighted in the list of apps.
That notification all depends on the color scheme of the Apps Screen.
Changes to Hot Corners
This features is one of the hottest in 8.1.
This is for non-touch users.
But for tablet like devices, you could use swipe like gestures.
But some-times these movements can create confusion.
Normally a Windows user would like to minimize or close a window and can move to the corners.
At the same time these hot corners come up annoyingly.
so you can minimize this clumsiness, Update 1 has added longer time delay before hot corners are triggered.
Also Windows is toying with the idea of a FREE OS for more important devices like Phone etc.
