Microsoft has made many changes in creating Windows 7 focusing on improving on previous operating systems. Windows 7 is intended to be an upgrade to the Windows line, with the goal of building on the foundation already in place by Windows Vista. In this post I will be focusing on the some of the visible features and changes.
Windows 7 has revamped its visible interface with many new and interesting features. The feature that users are most likely to notice first and that has shown the biggest visual changes is the taskbar. Starting off, unlike previous versions, the task bar can either be placed at the bottom or top of the screen. Also, programs currently being run by the user are shown as an icon instead of a just a bar with the name of the program running (ie. If iTunes is running, the iTunes icon will be in the taskbar instead of just saying iTunes). Another feature that Microsoft has added is the ability to pin icons onto the task bar. This allows users to put frequently used programs on the task bar for quick and easy accessability. This feature reminds me a lot and is quite similar to the task bar that is used by Macintosh's operating systems. Along with this users can change the size and resolution of the icons so that more items can be pinned.
Although they added icons to the bar, Microsoft has kept the same accesibility icons on the right side. They retained the regular icons(wi-fi, sound control, date, time), but they slimmed it down by not having inactive icons pop up when the computer starts up, which aids in the computers performance.
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