Beta
Sul web circolano da un bel pò di tempo voci sull’uscita della prima versione beta di Windows 7. La Beta avrà come ID 7000.0.081212-1400 , il che differirà da quanto è successo con windows Vista, visto che Windows è arrivato alla verzione 6000 solamente dopo il completamento del Sistema operativo. Le voci danno anche come 7 Gennaio la data in cui sarà rilasciata la Beta pubblica.
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Ecco la mail mandata dal Windows Customer Connection Team ai Beta testers per la prima Beta di Windows 7
The Microsoft Windows® beta team would like to extend an invitation to you to participate in the Mirosoft Windows 7 and Windows Server® 2008 R2 beta program planned for early 2009 as announced at the Professional Developers Conference Oct 2008. Accepting this invitation will allow you to access pre-release versions of the next version of Windows for the purpose of evaluating and providing feedback. We highly value your past feedback and know we can count on you again to help us build a great new version of Windows!
The beta version is not available quite yet but we need to assemble a great team of beta testers early so you are ready to go when we are! If you accept this invitation you’ll be notified when the beta version becomes available. In the meantime you can visit http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows7 and http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008R2 to learn more about what’s coming.
What you will get if you choose to participate
· Early access to downloadable beta copies of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2
· Access to private newsgroups to discuss the beta with other testers and with Microsoft staff
· Access to various online events that will highlight new features and allow you to interact with the development team
· The ability to report bugs and track their status
· An opportunity to help us build a better Windows by assisting us in finding and fixing issues
What we will ask of you if you choose to participate
· We request that you download, burn to DVD and install Windows and/or Windows Server on at least one PC
· We ask that you actively participate in discussions on the newsgroups and share your opinions with us and others
· We also request that you file bugs if you encounter them as well as respond to surveys as you can.
· We may ask you to consider being a press reference or invite you to share your Windows 7 user experience with others
Things you should know about Windows 7 and the beta program
· The beta will be available in English, German, Japanese and Arabic. A language pack for Hindi will also be provided
· Availability will be via download only. No media will be provided so you’ll need a DVD Burner to create installation media
· PCs that support and run Windows Vista should allow you to run Windows 7.
· Servers that support and run Windows Server 2008 should allow you to run Windows Server 2008 R2
· Participating in the beta does not necessarily mean you will receive a free final product.
· Participation is strictly voluntary but we ask that if you do accept this invitation you report bugs as you see them as well as actively participate in the newsgroups and other events.
· Spots are limited and from time to time we may remove inactive participants in order to make space available for others who are willing to actively provide feedback.
Accepting Your Invitation
To accept this invitation and become a member of this program, follow this link: .
If this link does not work for you, copy the full link and paste it into the Web browser address bar. You may be prompted to sign-in with your LiveID credentials.
Getting Started
While beta will not be available until early 2009 we, know you are excited to get started so we have opened the microsoft.beta.win7.lobby so you may begin renewing acquaintances with previous participants as well as meeting new testing peers. After accepting the invitation, you will be able to sign into Microsoft Connect and click on the “Windows 7 Beta Program” link for more information on accessing the newsgroups.
As well, to better understand our audience and how we are asking you to complete the following three surveys to tell us about yourself. Each survey has 20-40 questions and each should take you approximately 20-30 minutes to complete. You don’t have to take them all at once nor do you have to do it right now. We ask though that at some point you find time to complete them. As a thank-you for completing these prior to the end of the calendar year (Prior to January 1st, 2009) each participant who completes all three surveys (or indicates “already taken”) will be put into a drawing and five winners selected to receive some Windows 7 logo’ed toys!
[Survey Links]
The team would like to thank-you in advance for helping make this our best OS release to date and we look forward to hearing what you have to say!
Regards,
The Windows Customer Connection Team
Fonte: Windows 7 News
Ecco una nuova funzionalità nascosta di Windows 7,contenuta nella Build 6933. La nuova funzione consiste nel cambiamento dell’immagine di sfondo del Desktop ogni tot secondi,uno Slideshow come sfondo insomma.
Nella scelta dei wallpaper si possono selezionare gli sfondi che si vogliono utilizzare e inserire il tempo dopo il quale lo sfondo cambierà, tra 10 secondi e 1 girono.
Siamo arrivati alla Milestone 3 di Windows Seven, diamo un’occhiata alle caratteristiche più interessanti:
Il primo cambiamento che si nota è nella barra di start, la taskbar
La nuova taskbar di Windows Seven
Possiamo notare molti cambiamenti: La completa trasparenza della barra, la nuova forma, e le nuove arre dedicate ai programmi più usati, in stile KDE. Cliccando sulle icone si può avere un anteprima dell’applicazione, se in uso, e facendo click con il pulsanta destro si attiva la funzione Jump Menu, che mostra le possibili opzioni di uso dell’applicazione.
Ecco invece la schermata principale:
Qui si può osservare che la Sidebar, grande novità di Vista, non verrà usata in Windows 7, i Gadget comunque rimarranno, e saranno sparsi per lo schermo. Per adesso non c’è traccia nelle normali finestre della grafica Ribbon: è mantenuta l’interfaccia Aero di Windows Vista.
Altro cambiamento, i Temi:
Temi Win7
A differenza di Winodws Vista, Windows 7 contiene temi predefiniti creati da Microsoft.
Questo è il colpo di grazia a Windows Vista: Molte delle novità strabilianti sono state rimosse in favore di altre soluzioni o applicazioni in stile precedente…questo però vuol dire che Windows 7 probabilemnte non diventerà una delusione come Windows Vista, da considerare L’OS di passaggio tra Sistemi Operativi di Vecchia e Nuova generazione.
Windows 7 