What Is Windows Blue

Introduction

Windows Blue is a code name for a major upgrade to Windows 8 that should offer new features and functionality. Which is why it's been drawing large attentions despite the fact that the highly anticipated Windows 8 has only been on the market for 4 months. But more realistically, it could be just equivalent to a version of service pack. In this case, it could be as simple as a Windows 8 Service Pack 1. At least at this very moment, Windows Blue is just the codename of something Microsoft has been secretly working on, and that could be changed during the release.

According to Win8China Windows Blue has just pasted the Millstone 1 stage and is currently in the Milestone Preview stage with the kernel version updated to 6.3. The RTM version will be released around June or July and its will be released publically in August 2013 for existing Windows 8 users to download or upgrade from windows 8.s

What is new in Windows Blue

Microsoft Windows Blue will be release with following new feature.

Internet Explorer 11

Internet Explorer 11 will be part of windows blue. Microsoft's next version of the Internet Explorer 11 shows evidence that the WebGL tech used for enabling accelerated 2D and 3D graphics will be deployed. WebGL, which is featured in IE's rivals Mozilla Firefox, Safari and Chrome, uses the hardware GPU to assist rendering without the need for additional plug-ins. It is useful for gaming, mapping and other graphics-intense functions.

New Included Apps

Windows Blue should offer new built-in apps that could improve the experience. New Windows 8-style apps include an alarm, calculator, audio recorder, and a replacement for Windows Movie Maker that edits videos via touch.

Smaller Start Screen Tiles

Windows 8 only offers two tile sizes for its Start screen, a large square, and a rectangle twice that size. But with Windows Blue it looks like you'll be able to use smaller tiles a quarter the size of Windows 8's squares. This should help if you have lots of tiles that lend themselves to organization in groups.

New Charms Bar Capability

Windows Blue Charm bar will offer more direct customization than Windows 8 charm bar, in which you often have to go to the desktop Control Panel to make the change you want. Users will be able to further customize the Start Screen from a Personalize choice, which will let you swap out the background, edit background colors, and edit accent colors directly from the operating system's sidebar. Another new Charm option seems to be improved search capability.

Skydrive Syncing

The new style Windows 8 SkyDrive app doesn't offer syncing the way the desktop and Windows 7 versions do. The Blue code suggests that this lack of ability will be remedied in the new version.

More Snapping option

Snapping is Microsoft term for displaying more than one running application at a time on the screen. Something not even possible with the leading tablet, the iPad. With Windows 8, you can display a secondary app in a reduced view that takes up a quarter of the screen alongside your main app. But with windows Blue you will get more options, such as displaying each in an exact half of the screen, or even four apps in vertical quarters.

Start Menu will be return

With the release of Windows 8 the biggest complaints were the lack of the traditional Start Menu and Windows booting directly to the Windows Start screen instead of the desktop. But its may be with windows blue its will be possibly offer options that can enable booting directly to the Windows 8 desktop and the ability to bring back the Windows Start Menu.