Fifth week reflection

.Microsoft windows

Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.

Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces (GUIs).[2] Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal computer market, overtaking Mac OS, which had been introduced in 1984. As of August 2011, Windows has approximately 82.58% of the market share of the client operating systems according to Usage share of operating systems.

The most recent client version of Windows is Windows 7; the most recent server version is Windows Server 2008 R2; the most recent mobile version is Windows Phone 7.

Windows 7 Aim: 1. Startup & shut down firstly.

2. Sleep & resume faster.

3. use up less memory.

4. Pop up search result faster.

5. Wi-Fi quickly connects.

6. USB devices will be more faster than now.

Upgrade from vista: New wallpaper and theme, Quik desktop view button, Improved power management ,Improved backup, Improved networking via home group USB device faster and so on.

Improvement from XP: New start icon, jump list of easier access, a search bar in the start up menu, faster & smother gaming components larger and hidden icons in the task bar & so on.

AERO: Windows Aero is the graphical user interface and the default theme in most editions of Windows Vista and Windows 7, operating systems released by Microsoft. It is also available in Windows Server 2008, but is not enabled by default. Its name is a backronym for Authentic, Energetic, Reflective and Open.[1] Intended to be a cleaner, more powerful, more efficient and more aesthetically pleasing user interface than the previously used theme (Luna),[citation needed] it includes new translucency, live thumbnails, live icons, animations and eye candy. Aero also encompasses a set of user interface design guidelines for Microsoft Windows. In Windows Vista, transparency is disabled when windows are maximized but in Windows 7, transparency is enabled unless the user disables it in personalization or chooses the basic or classic theme.

TASKBAR: 

A bar located at the bottom of the screen that was first introduced with Microsoft Windows 95 and found in all versions of Windows after that. The Taskbar allows the user to locate and launch programs through the Start button, see any program that is currently open, display the time or date, items running in the background through the Systray, and with subsequent versions of the Windows operating system, the Quick Launch.

Windows 98 Taskbar

Windows 7 Taskbar

In the above two pictures, are examples of differences between Windows Taskbars. First, the Windows 98 Taskbar is an example of what the Taskbar looks like in many of the earlier versions of Microsoft Windows. As can be seen by this picture, this Taskbar has the Start button, the Quick launch area, the currently running programs, and the Systray and system time.

The second image, is the latest evolution of the Windows Taskbar, first introduced with Windows Vista. In this version of the Taskbar, the Start button is now an Orb with the Windows flag, displays icons like the Quick Launch with the currently running programs, running programs are only shown by icon, running programs icons in the Systray are now hidden, and the date is below the time.

 Users more familiar with Apple Macintosh computers can think of the Taskbar as the Dock.

Additional information and help with the Windows Taskbar.

SEARCH:

LIBRARIES: libraries allow you to organize your file in one place so they are easy to search and access.

 GADGETS:. A gadget is a small. technological object such as a device or an appliance that has a particular function, but is often thought of as a novelty. Gadgets are invariably [citation needed] considered to be more unusually or cleverly designed than normal technological objects at the time of their invention. Gadgets are sometimes also referred to as gizmos.