This is the big day for the Anniversary Update to Windows 10 for PCs, tablets and smartphones. A hearty last day, including a rich Cortana, extensions for Edge, tools for the stylus or interface improvements. An update.
There are more than 350 million machines can begin downloading the Anniversary Update Windows 10 . This is the official name of what many simply known as the Redstone name since last year, the first major update of the operating system from Microsoft
A new version for. all appliances, one year after the release of Windows 10
It is available for PC, smartphone and tablets and has already been distributed as a pre-release testers of rings Fast and Slow recent weeks, the build 14393.10 just been put online. She also declined on Xbox One , the update has been available online since yesterday for the console (see our analysis) .
She arrives in a tense situation for some, annoyed by a promotion system so advanced that they sometimes feel forced to migrate from an earlier version of Windows. Microsoft has responded – very late indeed – by modifying the interface of its small application. This does not prevent this Anniversary Update to celebrate, as the name suggests, the first anniversary of Windows 10 .
As a reminder, the system was launched July 29, 2015, and amount of updates have since been dedicated to him. For the average user, this number is not apparent, Windows 10 now operating with developments so-called “cumulative”. All those who have not been installed for a time – for example, a connectionless machines – are met in the most recent available
The product has in any case already evolved, notably through. the last 1511 days aired last November. The newcomer, stamped 1607, continues on the same distribution model. So no matter that the machine has not been updated for several months. To check your current version is simple:
- Go to Settings (Windows + i)
- Click System
- Click system Information
the current build is 14393, the most recent being the .10.
a market share remains below Windows 7
According to NetMarketShare, Windows 10 now account for over 20% of the park, against 47% for Windows 7. A figure relatively low when you see how Microsoft persuasiveness has been pushing her new baby. Its rise also seems to have been made mainly at the expense of Windows 8.x.
Note that these figures may well change as appropriate. So rather Steam notes 45% of users of Windows 10 among its users, who are mainly players. On a site like Next INpact, our statistics indicate over the past 30 days a 36% to Windows 10 , against 33% Windows 7, and 5% Windows 8.1 .
testers widely put to use
with Redstone, we moved to a new development branch (1607), with the result of work on the technical platform. It is too early to tell the difference, but the system generally wants faster on almost all devices involved. Especially those who have a limited amount of RAM, via a data compression on the fly.
This work caused a frenzy at Microsoft, who asked a lot to its public testers members Insider program. No less than 25 pre-release for PC and tablets were aired between November and July, and 16 for smartphone . The publisher said the testers had made no less than 75 million cars across the Feedback Hub, during this period.
This figure covers a new reality. One can almost say that this update has been shaped as much by Microsoft that its testers, the publisher has drawn much of its to-do list in user demands. Development has become a part of tennis where you can request additions, Microsoft making its choice, then presenting the result to millions of testers. The model is promising but has a counterpart: with widely tested prerelease also be forgiven less bugs and ergonomic mistakes
Start Menu: improved smoothly
After installing the update, it will not take look the revolutions in the interface: there are none. The Start menu is changing as well, but in small steps, in response to certain requests. The most used applications are now top of the list, as the list begins just after, rather than in a specific sub-menu until now. The account icon connects, as well as access to settings, the Explorer and the Start menu / Stop has been moved into a small column on the left to make room vertically.
These are makes users tablets or prefer to simply as “deployed” (full screen) without doubt that will see menu the biggest difference . In “Start Screen” (as Windows 8 / 8.1), the list of applications is now spread over three columns alphabetically, making the search much easier.
All improvements are though not visible. This is especially true of new live tiles for apps pinned to the Start menu, which allows to go directly to the content that it displays. For example, if the News app speaks of a particular event when you click the thumbnail, it will open on the article, not the host. A very significant time savings and a major ergonomic concerns now erased, but not really see that in the coming months, developers to update their applications.
the center of notifications becomes more useful
We can not say that the center notifications, yet awaited for, to be made for the time required. It certainly collection notifications issued by the system and applications, but we got by very well. The Anniversary Update intends to improve this situation through a series of steps, beginning with a larger number of signals supported. The Windows Store informed of updates made, Defender indicates the result of the final analysis, etc. The icon itself the center, located at the bottom right indicates the number of pending events.
The actual notifications can be much richer, incorporating such simple actions, pictures, the photo of a contact and so on. The idea is to make them visually more effective so that they can stand on their own. Like a growing number of products (eg Slack), information can thus be in the form of a “card” with independent illustration, text and actions. so applications open less often, even if they should be updated to take advantage.
The new notification center is also much more customizable. For example, fast action down can be reorganized, including Windows 10 Mobile. The user has the choice of what he wants to leave, and in what order. One can also set priorities for applications, so that the most important still appear in the list. Finally, each application can be assigned a different number of notifications, namely 1, 3, 5, 10 or 20, the default is set to 3.
Overall, the center has more shows thoughtful, but its effectiveness will depend directly on the number of installed applications compatible. However, if the user has a Windows Phone or Android smartphone equipped with Cortana (not yet available in France), the center can also synchronize to display notifications on the desktop. For example, an SMS causes a notification accompanied by a field for the answer.
the system normally operates with all notifications, but the amount of detail given will depend heavily on the application that sends the information. On Android, this information will also be more succinct than on the mobile device. Receiving an email for example will display the sender, subject, time of arrival and a response field. This is actually the bare minimum, the Android notification proposing several lines of text, the exact address of receipt or a photo of the contact, if any. The synchronization works in any case, the center indicating which application generated the notification, and from any device.
However, we will put a damper on the performance of the whole. Windows 10 is very responsive, but the notifications management infrastructure is not. When an event should occur, there is an unpredictable delay before the event’s display. Whether it’s a text message, a message in Skype, an email or another, the center of notifications sometimes seems to take a nap. Also, Microsoft has beautiful improve usability of this feature, the immediacy of notifications remains a priority for the service to be considered reliable.
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