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”

  • 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.
  • 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..
  • Amen to that indeed. Let us hope that it would not give all the problems that vista gave.
  • Looks a lot like the office 2k7 gui
  • 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.
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