[OFFICIAL] Windows 10 Insider Program

[PotatoAlchemist]

I also noticed that in build 9926, Modern Notifications are being invoked even if a Win32 fullscreen application takes over the screen, especially games that uses standard fullscreening, rather than the windowed no-border one. So the sound notification associated with it can also be heard.

 

I might be wrong, but the Action Center seems to be either Windows Shell Experience Host or at least a part of it. And the toast notifications are part of that too, they seem to be more tied together than before.

[Bobby Brown_231828]

now windows 10 can add support for x265 so we dont have to go and add more codecs.

 

when is the next build cause 9926 was a total disaster totally useless. more buggy and slower than ever.

[CloudEngineer]

Build 9926 is extremely slow compared to 8.1, but hey its TP its to be expected.

 

I'm looking forward to when vendors get on board (Hi Intel) and start cranking out Development Drivers for the OS.

[gohpep]

I don't find it to be slow.

[+Frank B. Subscriber²]

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[George P Global Moderator]

They should just push out a newer build instead of a big patch, it seems counter productive to patch 9926 when everyone is going to update to the newer build later. Just give us a 993x build and move on.

[BooBerry]

They should just push out a newer build instead of a big patch, it seems counter productive to patch 9926 when everyone is going to update to the newer build later. Just give us a 993x build and move on.

 

 

here you go

[George P Global Moderator]

If we could only get it, that'd be nice.

[BooBerry]

If we could only get it, that'd be nice.

 

Just got it now

[spaceelf]

I don't find it to be slow.

Me neither, it's pretty much exactly the same as 8.1 once I defrag and let my ReadyCache drive acclimate to it

 

I'm not really much of a tester though, I can last a few weeks with the buggy apps before I go back to 8.1

[patseguin Global Moderator]

Here is the annoying graphical issue I get with the Cortana field:

 

[Dot Matrix]

Here is the annoying graphical issue I get with the Cortana field:

 

Moving Search to the taskbar was a poor call imo. Hopefully, they'll move it back into Start.

 

Off topic: I was just in Cheektowaga on Sunday!

[timbo_sf2]

I've seen material design lately, it's very eye-candy and natural! Perfect color choices and shadow which makes the design natural and alive. This makes me realize that flat Metro/Modern design language is just a lazy excuse for design (too simple and flat). Microsoft either adopt this design language (lol) or create another outstanding design language like Google does. Recently on Microsoft videos they've been using transparency, I hope they are on the right path

[+Zagadka Subscriber²]

I'm really not a fan of the search bar right there. I am not using Win10, but I assume you can make it "minimized" and expand on click... but I'd prefer it on Start or to the right. 

[Stokkolm]

When you click on the Start button it basically appears to be part of the Start Menu even though it is still in the taskbar.

[+Anarkii Subscriber²]

Id like it to be just the circle icon on the taskbar, and when you click it or say 'hey Cortana' the search window auto expands with the input field. That would be awesome and what I suggested to M$ 

[0nyX]

Here is the annoying graphical issue I get with the Cortana field:

 

Damn that's ugly...

[+Zagadka Subscriber²]

Id like it to be just the circle icon on the taskbar, and when you click it or say 'hey Cortana' the search window auto expands with the input field. That would be awesome and what I suggested to M$ 

 

That would be excellent, yea. Seems like the most logical thing to do anyway. Having the search box always-open (as every screenshot thus far seems to indicate) and leaving the (what used to be called) quick bar for launching programs and windows open in the taskbar more centered... looks bad, with that huge white space.

[nosense]

Like this?

Id like it to be just the circle icon on the taskbar, and when you click it or say 'hey Cortana' the search window auto expands with the input field. That would be awesome and what I suggested to M$ 

[Ian S.]

I've seen material design lately, it's very eye-candy and natural! Perfect color choices and shadow which makes the design natural and alive. This makes me realize that flat Metro/Modern design language is just a lazy excuse for design (too simple and flat). Microsoft either adopt this design language (lol) or create another outstanding design language like Google does. Recently on Microsoft videos they've been using transparency, I hope they are on the right path

Right now the Modern UI is in a state of flux; we are seeing transparency, round user "tiles", and rounded tabs on Office. Plus Office Universal no longer has a Windows feel, it looks remarkably iOS. The Store Beta is 50 shades of ugly gray and looks like a web wrapper. Ugly Mess currently, one thing with Windows 8 is they chose the ugliest colors in the world (the default purple) and ugly blues and purples.

[+Anarkii Subscriber²]

Like this?

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More or less yeah. Like that when its not being used, but the 'Ask Me Anything' expands on the taskbar itself, not above it. Just like how it is when the input box is on the taskbar in open mode. 

[patseguin Global Moderator]

Damn that's ugly...

Yeah that's what I'm talking about. I can't see how anybody would think that is a good looking UI. Why can't they concentrate on making the UI attractive? I don't see why they had to change the Windows 7 UI. The buttons were very cool to look at and click and the glass effects were very nice. For whatever reason, people seem to think that the flat, simple, single color UI is cool. I'm upgrading to 10 to have the latest and I like a lot of the features, but I think MS would make it much more popular if they spruced up the UI. Look at OS X. People were flipping out over how it looked and still emulate it to the day with the window graphics and dock. It has changed a bit over the years but it still has the same basic idea. While Apple jumped on the flat bandwagon, they still managed to keep the UI loking modern and beautiful.

[+Fahim S. MVC]

Yeah that's what I'm talking about. I can't see how anybody would think that is a good looking UI. Why can't they concentrate on making the UI attractive? I don't see why they had to change the Windows 7 UI. The buttons were very cool to look at and click and the glass effects were very nice. For whatever reason, people seem to think that the flat, simple, single color UI is cool. I'm upgrading to 10 to have the latest and I like a lot of the features, but I think MS would make it much more popular if they spruced up the UI. Look at OS X. People were flipping out over how it looked and still emulate it to the day with the window graphics and dock. It has changed a bit over the years but it still has the same basic idea. While Apple jumped on the flat bandwagon, they still managed to keep the UI loking modern and beautiful.

The Windows 7 theme is absolutely horrible. I have no issue with transparency but I do have an issue with the 'reflection'. The edges of the windows and the very unsubtle bezel is not nice either.

If they are going to use transparency, the should use it in a much subtler way like OSX does.

I'd take the flat Windows 8 over the shiny Windows 7 UI any day.

[timbo_sf2]

The Windows 7 theme is absolutely horrible. I have no issue with transparency but I do have an issue with the 'reflection'. The edges of the windows and the very unsubtle bezel is not nice either.

If they are going to use transparency, the should use it in a much subtler way like OSX does.

I'd take the flat Windows 8 over the shiny Windows 7 UI any day.

I would want the flat one too, if only they aren't lazy on it. I feel like they are making the UI totally simple and flat as an excuse for lazy design

[+Fahim S. MVC]

I would want the flat one too, if only they aren't lazy on it. I feel like they are making the UI totally simple and flat as an excuse for lazy design

 

I'm interested, and possibly off-topic, what makes you think it is 'lazy'?