Avail Various Updates With Windows 8 Gadgets
Windows 8 is the upcoming version of Windows operating system from Microsoft that is expected to hit the market in early 2012. With so many innovations and attractive features, it can be assumed that Windows 8 can become your favorite in no time. It can revolutionize your experience on your computer from the time you turn it on. Apart from introducing a new user interface, it is even expected to reveal a new programming model that embraces web technologies and also blends them beautifully with Windows resources and APIs.
Some of the attractive features highlighted by Windows 8 include an optimized touch for mouse and keyboard, a new ‘Start’ button, backward compatibility, HTML5 and JavaScript support, Aero Snap, Built-in PDF Reader and many more. Windows 8 is anticipated to showcase its tile-based Metro user interface that can allow the user to quickly launch full-screen, HTML5 powered apps, switch between them and snap them to the sides of the screen for side-by-side touchscreen multitasking. Windows 8 that can work with mouse and keyboard, offers you applications in mosaic tiles. Each tile can display some part of the application’s personality and once you get into the apps, you can easily swipe from one to the other. The interesting part is that you can open two applications on the screen simultaneously, and can even resize them according to your preferences.
This touch capable operating system is assumed to work with touch-only tablets as well as traditional mouse or keyboard PCs. Along with that, it is expected to include a file manager in ribbon form. This new ribbon interface may include a home tab that will consist of options like Copy, Paste, Delete, Rename, Cut and Properties. Also there might be a Share tab that will allow you to quickly share files and folders with options for e-mail sending, zip, print and fax, and a View tab to facilitate access to a number of options to customize the view inside Windows Explorer.
In addition to all these features, a gadget system may also be present in Windows 8 similar to Windows 7. Windows 8 gadgets are the small utilities for the Windows 8 computers that can help you to perform a series of tasks on your computer. Windows gadgets are handy tools that can provide you access to information like weather report, daily news, CPU performance and more. While some gadgets may be a part of Windows 8, but some gadgets might need installation from third-party online tech support providing companies.
These Windows 8 Gadgets can aid you in getting your system information directly on your desktop screen. Along with system information, they might render you various updates too. Some of the important gadgets in Windows 8 are expected to include Unread Mail gadget, iPhone Battery gadget, System Monitor gadget, DriveInfo gadget, App Launcher gadget and more. The System Monitor gadget can provide you all your system information at one place. You can avail information about usage of RAM, track CPU usage, internal and external IP address and more. Unread Mail gadget can let you to view all your e-mails that are not read. It can even notify you at times when a new e-mail arrives. The gadget works wonders for all those who receive e-mails in bulk. With the help of DriveInfo gadget, you can get detailed information about your hard drives. It is the best gadget to know about the free space left in your hard drive.
With so many attractive features and gadgets, Windows 8 is believed to serve you as the best operating system so far.
Lucas Frago, an IT professional, jots down some of the spectacular features of the upcoming version of Windows operating system from Microsoft – Windows 8. He focuses on different Windows 8 Gadgets and their role.
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