PDC 2008 Experience: Day 2: Keynote = 1 on Windows 7

Part 1 of the 2 part keynote.

Windows 7

Introduce Windows 7 Client

• Taskbar now has thumbnails
• Each application has it's own most recently used list called jump list
• Windows can be docked to side, kind of the old MDI interface
• User has control of the Notification area icons. What gets displayed, the ordered of the icons.

Windows Explorer

• Search has highlighting of the words found

Windows Homegroup

• Classify what on your network people can see.
• Search across multiply pcs in the home group for content.
• Can send content from one device to another like from PC to play on your stereo system or home theatre.
• All of the devices that are seen in the homegroup, you will have access to all devices.  Windows will automatically switch between home printer and office printer.

Window Touch computing

• Mouse commands have been refactored to allow for  "Surface" like UI, stretching and resizing.
• On screen keyboard supported predictive text.

Transition from Windows Vista

• Windows 2008 and Windows Vista Sp1
• Ecosystem Readiness
• Standards
• Compatibility
• Scenarios

APIS

• Ribbon User Interface
• Jump Lists (most recently used list_
• Libraries (brings together search and storage)
• Multi-touch, Ink and Speech
• DirectX family

Fundamentals

Decrease

• Memory
• Reference set
• graphics
• Disk I/O
• Registry Reads
• Indexer
• Power
• DVD playback
• Panel
• Timers

Increase

• Speed
• Faster Boot
• Device Ready
• Responsiveness
• Start Menu
• Task Bar
• Scale
• 256 processors

New Features

• You can create VHD directly within Windows 7 through the disk manager.
• You can adjust all monitor settings when using multiple monitors.
• Remote desktop supports multiple monitor
• Window Key + P: for projector support.
• You can control how much of the User Access Control messages you want to see
• ZoomIt is built into Windows

Path to RTM

• Pre-beta
• "E7" blog
• Beta
• www.microsoft.com/windows
• Feedback tool
• Customer Experience Improvement data
• Release Candidate to RTM phase

Call to Action

• Install and use Windows 7 Pre-beta
• Develop for 64-bit
• Focus on Fundamentals in your code
• Integrate with the Windows 7 desktop
• Evaluate the new APIs in Windows 7
• Code to Web Standards with Internet Explorer 8
• Download Windows Live beta @ download.live.com