Trending News|October 23, 2014 08:29 EDT
Windows 10 Bugs, Problems, Preview: User Feedback Requests- Explorer Tabs, Removable Task View & More
Microsoft has received some pretty strong feedback about its upcoming reinvented operation system, Windows 10, which was featured as a Technical Preview in the Windows Insider Program that launced October 1.
Taking it one step further, Microsoft announced that the new operations system should be available for consumers next year.
Extreme Tech reports that 1 million people have already joined the program. 64 percent of those users are already using Windows 10 on their PC while the rest are running the program on a virtual machine.
Furthermore, Microsoft said that 68 percent of those who used the Windows 10 Technical Preview are light users, using seven apps per day while 25 percent of the testers are heavy users, using the program as their primary OS, and the other 7 percent are barely using the program and just wanted to check out the new features.
The testers have reportedly found bugs, issues, and errors in the upcoming OS. Microsoft has received a lot of feedback from the testers that Microsoft Windows 10 still need some work.
Furthermore, the company also received a list of "requests" and at the top of those requests is to make the search buttons and the task view movable/removable. The new buttons are reportedly fixed at the bottom left of the corner of the taskbar beside the Windows flag.
Another request was to "Add tabs to Explorer." This feature has long been requested by users from Microsoft, but the company seems to dismiss the request. Extreme Tech reports that it is unlikely that the feature will be included in the upcoming OS at all.
Sixth on the list of feedback prompted Microsoft to "make a beautiful boot screen." The request refers to the currently plain-square tiled boot menu that pops up when multiple operating systems are being used.
Another request is for improved desktop configuration which allows a different wallpaper on each separate visual desktop, as well as putting a different set of shortcuts and icons on each virtual desktop.