MS Opens Official Windows 8.1 Preview Site

[HawkMan]

backwards american dates never make any sense. I was sure he mean january 8th. until the guy said earlier is better.

[buggingmenot]

RTM or GA? Or won't this have RTM? It will make sense if they release it earlier as it's not a major release. The 8.1 Preview looks almost like a finished product.

Unfortunately it seems like they won't change the desktop icons and/or improve desktop apps.

[Dot Matrix]

If the past is anything to go by, I would have thought they would be shipping 8.1 RTW by 12/31. If there's anything Microsoft does, it's make people wait to the very end.

[FaiKee]

These win8RTM build 9200 dates might give an idea:

WRP: June 1(actually it was May31)

win8RTM build 9200 sign-off: July 25

released to OEM : Aug. 1

GA: Oct. 26

btw, I made a translation error in this post:

1. This appears in a zn-CH Partner build, and needs to be tweaked to show(The red words are my translations):
   http://www.win8china.../html/5377.html
   
   

The correct saying should be : The partners installed a "special update" from MS. So it seems MS is preparing to test the Store upgrade channel. :)

[FaiKee]

New WinJS edition: 9422 - hinting new win8.1 build: 6.3.9422.0.winmain_bluemp.130605-1735 :)

[Barzoom]

backwards american dates never make any sense. I was sure he mean january 8th. until the guy said earlier is better.

wait -- what? you just called it January 8th right? You didnt call it 8th January did you?

[FaiKee]

hmmmm.... interesting:

http://pcportal.org.ru/forum/8-3123-91795-16-1370948652

[FaiKee]

[George P Global Moderator]

95xx build numbers? No way? How did we jump so high from 94xx to almost 9600????

[Buendia]

Why would they update Paint (mspaint.exe)?

From the same source:

[+Zlip792 MVC]

^ Might be security issue.. Which usually happen...

[Dot Matrix]

So, does anyone know, is the taskbar still oddly transparent in Windows 8.1?

[FaiKee]

So, does anyone know, is the taskbar still oddly transparent in Windows 8.1?

It's still there in 9418, and no hinting of removal ATM. :)

95xx build numbers? No way? How did we jump so high from 94xx to almost 9600????

It's a list of available win8.1 pre-release build numbers, so it's obvious win8.1RTM is targeted at build 9600 - interesting thing is why these updates should pop-up.

[HawkMan]

wait -- what? you just called it January 8th right? You didnt call it 8th January did you?

When writing january and not by numbers you can go either way, but in numbers, it should be day month year. certainly not month day year, that makes no sense. for data sorting year, month day is of course best.

[FaiKee]

• LOL, Android 5 and Win8.1 in Oct.
  http://vr-zone.com/a...ized/36950.html
  
  
  

[FaiKee]

:) 6.3.9428.0.winmain_bluemp.130612-1715

[MDboyz]

Try this one.

http://oblytile.en.softonic.com/

Nope, I mean once you pin to start, instead of an ugly icon be able to right click it and add a custom tile image.

that would actually be a rather cool option to have.

That would be cool

[FaiKee]

Posted in winforum by a 1-post member, if it is real, then notice it's changed to "Windows 8.1 Milestone Preview".

 

http://winforum.eu/Temat-BUILD-9428-SCREENSHOT

 

[Chris123NT]

Interesting screenshot.  Obviously not the official preview build since the official won't say Microsoft Confidential all over it.

 

I'm gonna guess they will jump to build 9450 for the official Milestone Preview build.

[Knife Party]

what other planned changes are still coming? 

[FaiKee]

Interesting screenshot.  Obviously not the official preview build since the official won't say Microsoft Confidential all over it.

 

I'm gonna guess they will jump to build 9450 for the official Milestone Preview build.

What I heard is build 9440. :)

[George P Global Moderator]

Don't think there are any other changes coming that we don't know about already.   BUILD is very close now so if there was anything else we haven't seen yet due to a leak of some sort then I believe what we see now is what we're going to get.  Not that I'm complaining really, so far 8.1 seems to be a very solid update overall.  I'd like to see some sort of visual top corner "charms button" as a option though.  I think having a button option will help, specially those who are running on multiple monitor setups that still have problems with the charms bar.  Having a visible thing to click on solves that issue for them and it will help those new to the UI to also get used to it that way first.

[FaiKee]

Now, direct from MS......so no more worries or arguments for installing windows 8.1 without windows 8 pre-installed. :)

 

http://searchenterprisedesktop.techtarget.com/news/2240186161/QA-Microsofts-Erwin-Visser-on-Windows-81-updates-security

 

 

[FaiKee]

The new windows 8.1 beta fish in build 943x

 

http://www.win8china.com/html/5519.html

 

[FaiKee]

I have posted some extracts from win8.1 preview Q & A; but since it consists of (presently) MS confi stuffs, I don't know if it violates Neowin regulations. :)

 

http://forums.mydigitallife.info/threads/45828-Windows-8-1-Preview-Q-amp-A