keep showing off are the Tablet/phone style ‘Apps’, but what about the ‘Serious’ users? What are the advantages for those of use who actually ‘work’ on PCs? Those of us who use Programs like Photoshop, 3D Studio Max, Adobe Premiere, Adobe After Effects, Sony Soundforge, Autodesk AutoCAD, Bespoke software managing huge (1 Million+) databases of customer details, etc., etc.? To me Win8 seems like MS trying to get into the gimmick sector of Tablets and Smart Phones. My wife uses PCs at work and ours at home, but is not a Techie by any stretch of the imagination and she says she hates the new look and feel too! All MS, etc. I've never been a fan of the ribbon toolbars and find them more trouble than their worth. Also both Metro and the new Desktop theme looks flat and dull.
Totally pointless on a Desktop PC as touch is merely a gimmick on most people's PCs.
Interested? Come and download your copy here.įor those interested in the release candidate of Windows Server 2012, which has now also been released, head on over to here. What hasn't happened yet, however, is the loss of Aero, which Microsoft is saving for the final release. Initial feedback suggests that the new OS is a little quicker to navigate than its Consumer Preview predecessor and that the time from sleep to wake-up has just about halved. Microsoft's Mail app has seen improvements to multi-account functionality, along with the ability to pin access points to specific accounts to the start screen it has been suggested that with usability being as good as it is for the mail and calendar apps, Microsoft may look to drop Outlook after the next release of Office, though this is a matter that'll likely not resolve itself until long after the final release of Windows 8. Likewise, the Music app has now gained support for DLNA streaming. Video and Music apps can now be controlled from the lock screen, with volume controls triggering a small control box. Generally, Internet Explorer 10 has been refined and stabilised, however, after a fair number of user complaints, Adobe Flash will now be bundled with the Metro variation of the browser, allowing users to enjoy 'legacy' Flash content.
Bing News speaks for itself, offering top-stories with drill-downs into various news categories, with sources from all around. Bing Sports can be used to follow a favourite team, their latest news and fixtures or, simply to view top stories. Microsoft has also begun to bundle more default apps with the Windows 8 Bing Travel can be used to make flight / hotel bookings and to pin snapshots of dream destinations onto the start menu, with a drill down to various details such as maps, weathers, fares and so on. There are also subtle improvements to app APIs that make these gestures more useful. The latest iteration of Windows 8 brings with it a few new features, some of which we've already detailed in previous posts, such as improved multi-monitor support, but also some left unmentioned, such as initial support for three multi-touch gestures on touchpads, pinch-to-zoom, two-finger scroll and edge swiping, a quick way to reach Windows 8 edge charms. The firm states that it will still be making changes right up to RTM and that it will be taking serious note of user feedback both implicitly, through usage stats and error reports and, explicitly, through blog post responses, as always. Lately, Microsoft has been focusing on improvising Microsoft Edge and its default web browser since the advent of Windows 10.In a move that has come earlier than expected and no doubt aimed at generating talk over at Computex, Microsoft has released for download, its Windows 8 Release Preview, it's final pre-release before the real deal expected towards the end of this year. That said, it’s not the most feature-rich web browser.įurthermore, due to discontinuation and lack of updates, Internet Explorer is not the most secure browser. Power-saving features, stats about the performance impact of add-ons, and visual search providers are some of Internet Explorer’s nifty features. Internet Explorer is a fully functional web browser that works flawlessly even on underpowered Windows computers.
Once downloaded install the exe file and you are good to go.
You can download Internet Explorer based on your Windows 7 version from Microsoft’s official website. If there’s an old web app that you want to access then you can enable the Internet Explorer Mode in Windows 11.ĭownload And Install Internet Explorer: Windows 7įor Windows 7 it is necessary to manually download and install Internet Explorer 11. To use internet explorer on a Windows 11 PC you have to rely on Microsoft Edge.