By Thilak September 22, 2008

Microsoft Re-Designs WordPad, Paint, Calculator for Windows 7

Over the weekend, some screenshots of the latest test build of Windows 7 (Windows Vista’s successor) has been leaked. Looking at the leaked screenshots, it looks as if Windows 7 will look a lot like Windows Vista, but with minor tweaks to the user interface. Most of the changes are said to be seen under the hood, which run the operating system.

The ribbon user interface, which came along with Office 2007 is being implemented on WordPad and Paint. Take a look at some of the screenshots below:

Windows 7 - Paint

Windows 7 - WordPad 

The calculator which we use today in Windows Vista hasn’t been changed since the days of Windows 98, but that’s about to change, if the leaked screenshots and videos are true. I stumbled across a video on DownloadSquad, which gives a sneak-peak of the built-in calculator which may ship with Windows 7.

It features 4 different modes, including scientific. Data and unit calculations are some of the new things which you’ll see in Windows Calculator. Overall, the progress on Windows 7 looks impressive. Let’s keep our fingers crossed!

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Comments for “Microsoft Re-Designs WordPad, Paint, Calculator for Windows 7”

  • Hopefully it will be nicer than vista, i made the switch to OSX
  • I hope that Microsoft actually made the changes to Paint as it is really outdated. They should really integrate Paint .Net into their operating system as it is probably the best open source painting tool out there for windows. That will probably never happen. Windows 7 better make some big changes besides just visual stuff so that it doesn't have the same problems that caused Vista's downfall.
  • I believe Windows 7 will be much anticipated with the new overall improvements. Let's look forward to it.
  • Billo
    Oh, I forgot. If you've never used a Mac and I mean really spent time like 2 full days with a Mac, it's living in Kansas your whole life and never visiting Paris but just knowing you wouldn't like it because the french are mean to americans. The French are mean because they want Americans to stay awa and not spoil their secret that the place is fantastic!

    OSX = Paris
    Windows = Kansas
  • Billo
    New paint on an old rotting building won't fix Microsoft's lack of having anything new to do. The fundamental display foundation of Windows is wrong. All CGI (pixel) driven is wrong.

    Sorry but OSX's with scalability on screen is 10 years ahead of anything Windows can do.

    Welcome to Vista (aka. Windows 3.1 with shadows under icons).
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