There are some other new features and changes, too.
The Welcome screen looks different. Also, you can control music playback while on the login screen.
Login screen.
It looks rather ugly.
Also, it comes with a PDF reader that utilizes the new "new AppX application package type".
PDF reader
It seems that Microsoft is focusing more on aesthetics instead of functionality.
Apparently, there will also be an App Store (
Isn't Apple doing this?) in Windows 8 utilizing a new "application deployment system" called AppX. Details below,
Although Windows 8 will disrupt many components of applications, including how they are written (Immersive) and distributed (application store), AppX concerns only the deployment aspect of applications. More precisely, it’s a tight specification that describes how applications are packaged and installed.
Clearly inspired by XAPs for Silverlight, the critical aspect of AppX packages is an XML manifest file appropriately named the “AppXManifest.xml”. In this file, developers will have to specify many compulsory and optional attributes of their application, in fact, much more than what’s required from Windows Phone developers.
From a specifications document it’s revealed attributes include but are not limited to:
* Application identity – name, publisher, version
* Application architecture – processor architecture, type of application, framework required, operating system version
* Dependencies – name, publisher and minimum version of other required applications
* Capabilities – networking, file system and profile capabilities requested by the application
* OS extensions – associated filetypes and protocols, AutoPlay, “Charms”, notifications, splash screen
* Tile customization – logo, name, description and colors for the tile-based user interface[/p]
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