With the release of beta nearing, Microsoft is leaving no stone unturned.With the new Windows version Microsoft is taking the file management system to the next level.Micr0soft is taking all the user feedback which they got on some initial post regarding its new file management system and acting on it to make the Windows experience better.A recent post on Building Windows 8 blog by Ilana Smith, a lead program manager on the Engineering System team, mentions in her post the new features which were included after they received feedback from its Windows 8 Developer’s preview users.
Conflict: Identifying duplicate files during conflict resolution In Windows 8, the problem of conflict for selecting the right file when file name collisions are encountered during a copy or move.Mostly, the reason for two files to have the same name is because they’re copies. Making a choice between two identical files is usually pointless and it would me meaningless to perform copy or move operations.To resolve this problem in beta, Microsoft have added a new option to the detailed conflict resolution dialog.By checking the box in the bottom left of the dialog, you can filter out all files that match on name, size (down to the byte) and time. The system will skip copying or moving these files.
This check box is deselected by default (to ensure users opt into the changed behavior), but it persists once you select it.
Explorer: respect picture orientation metadataIn Windows 7 and 8, JPEG rotation is lossless when both image dimensions are divisible by 16 (standard image sizes).
Additionally, Explorer now respects EXIF orientation information for JPEG images. If your camera sets this value accurately, you will rarely need to correct orientation.
Images in Windows 7
Images in Windows 8
Explorer: pin to Start In the beta, you can now easily pin your favorite folders to Start, and take advantage of the rich customization functionality that we built into it to arrange the folders into groups and into any order you want.
Ribbon minimized by default: With the ribbon maximized in the Developer Preview, we’ve been able to learn a lot about how people interact with it, which has enabled us to tweak and fine-tune it. With the beta, we will be making a major change that brings Explorer in line with our design principles for Windows 8. As in our copy dialogs, Task Manager, and Metro style experiences, we will be reducing distractions and trusting users to discover functionality on their own, by minimizing the ribbon by default.
Ribbon minimized by default
Visible hotkeys:The ribbon provides new ways to access functionality via the keyboard with keytips (those floating cues that pop up when you hit Alt), but traditional shortcut keys like Ctrl+V remain the most efficient method.For the beta release, we’ve added hotkey information to the tooltips of relevant buttons.
With all the feedback they received, Microsoft was able to put it to good use and bring about many interesting changes and tweak some existing ones to improve User experience of Windows 8.
