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:
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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wrote, on September 23rd, 2008
So windows is finally getting an upgrade. I though vista would be the death of windows. I tried it out and quickly shifted back to XP.
wrote, on September 24th, 2008
Wow!! I am badly waiting for Windows7. Waiting 2 years is pretty long time. Well some of the experts says it is 90% of Vista. but I don’t think so..
wrote, on September 24th, 2008
Amen to that indeed. Let us hope that it would not give all the problems that vista gave.
wrote, on September 25th, 2008
Looks a lot like the office 2k7 gui
wrote, on September 26th, 2008
Apart from these changes, we can look forward to lot more new enhancements with Windows 7. ANH, I am very much satisfied with their Vista offerings itself.
wrote, on September 29th, 2008
I hope you don’t mind if I quote some of this in my blog.
Pak Tam
wrote, on October 1st, 2008
Well Microsoft has to come up with something really marvellous to make up for Vista, so it looks like they on the right track so far with Windows 7. Let’s wait and see…
wrote, on October 2nd, 2008
Moderations and any changes is always good and gives hope to progress for Windows 7 and new perspectives. I think it is really great to have new user interface and altered calculator. I like their look iindeed!
wrote, on October 2nd, 2008
What about Notepad, as basic as it is, that is one of my most used apps for cut and paste!
By the way, congrats on PR6, nice work!
wrote, on October 14th, 2008
Why do only continue to see these items as the new things in Windows 7…please show me some really good improvements please.
wrote, on October 16th, 2008
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).
wrote, on October 16th, 2008
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
wrote, on October 19th, 2008
I believe Windows 7 will be much anticipated with the new overall improvements. Let’s look forward to it.
wrote, on October 26th, 2008
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.
wrote, on October 31st, 2008
Hopefully it will be nicer than vista, i made the switch to OSX
wrote, on January 10th, 2009
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