Posted on 12/23/2014 3:41:29 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Microsoft is enjoying a considerable effort on the part of testers for Windows 10, who are reporting a considerable number of bugs and helping push the new operating system along quickly.
Gabe Aul, engineering general manager for the Operating Systems Group at Microsoft, made his December blog update on Windows all about fixes and improvements, and there are a lot. He said that more 1.5 million registered Windows Insiders are banging away at Windows 10, about 450,000 of whom are considered "highly active." This is much higher than any previous public beta for Windows.
Microsoft has been receiving feedback from the Windows Insider Program in the forms of both bug reports and suggestions for changes/additions/improvements. Aul said that so far, Microsoft has fixed almost 1,300 bugs that were reported by users in the program.
"My favorite recent example of the latter is a bug that would have been really tricky to catch with test automation or by other means: In certain circumstances (very rare) the OneDrive icon in File Explorer can be replaced by the Outlook icon! That’s the kind of fit and finish bug that real usage at scale by Windows Insiders helps us find and fix."
The bug reports are through three builds: 9841, 9860, and 9879. Some remain unfixed but are known to Microsoft and simply aren't urgent. And changes requested by users are making their way into the OS as well.
For example, we added the option to choose which folder is the default when opening File Explorer, which many of you requested. We also added the ability to turn off recent files and/or frequent folders in “Home,” and added a little animation/transition when opening the Start menu, which were also frequently requested.
He also talked about fixing numerous kernel-level bugs and causes of blue screen failures, which have been greatly reduced from earlier builds.
Aul ended his post by saying that users will see a few new big things and a lot of small improvements coming in future builds of Windows 10. Rumor has it there will be a new build in January and a wider public beta in February.
I wish my OS testing laptop didnt die, I would like to still play around with this. I’ll sit out until the Consumer Preview comes out.
Maybe this version will allow a user to click on icons and run applications and stuff
I just want it stable and ready to launch together with the 13nm Intel chips next year. Full windows on a phablet in the second quarter.
If you stop and think about it XP runs everything just fine except they quit using IE after 8. I just don't see the need for much more than what we have right now unless you render video or something. Now if it blocks spam and malware, I'm in.
I’d be happy to stick with Windows 7 or XP.
I absolutely hate 8.1 and seriously consider paying a couple hundred dollars to ‘downgrade’ my newest laptop to 7.
And another thing I absolutely hate, is the trend to have to ‘rent’ software and run it from ‘the cloud’ in many cases.
And why do so many windows 8.1 “Apps” (Like solitaire, for example, which you now have to buy/rent from a third party programmer/vendor) require constant access to internet and other applications that have nothing to do with its ability to deal, move and stack cards?
I wish they had done that with the New Yahoo inflicted on us last year. How many people hate the new Yahoo, and do you feel they have improved some of the worst issues?
If it’s any consolation, I don’t really like Yosemite or the current iOS. The iOS, especially, has quite a few app crashes despite being a latest gen iPad, Yosemite is has just enough diferrences to be annoying.
Because they can't track you if you aren't connected to the Internet.
If it’s any consolation, I don’t really like Yosemite or the current iOS. The iOS, especially, has quite a few app crashes despite being a latest gen iPad, Yosemite is has just enough diferrences to be annoying.
I went from Win7 to Win8.1 - HUGE improvement in speed and stability.
XP? LOL!!!! So unstable it earned the Blue Screen of Death
How long will it be before it ships installed on Surface Pro?
You must run some seriously buggy or virus laden stuff. I have run several machines with Xp for over a decade without a single BSD. Most all with memory heavy engineering programs (not "apps").
Win 98 was another story, and I refused to touch ME and 2000. Xp was so smooth and reliable, it took an enormous effort to get a new machine with Win 7.
"I have run several machines with XP for over a decade without a single BSD. "
Indeed. Like Doorgunner, I have run it on several machines (and still do on three) for many years with few issues. Maybe three BSOD's total, and every one easily resolved. I find it to be even more stable than W 7. I give the slight edge to 7 due to it being easier to do networking and more built in peripheral drivers, but have had more problems with the OS being broken on W7 machines than XP
Maybe you were visiting some questionable websites without 'wearing protection' and picked up some nasty diseases?
In the four months I have had 8.1 I have had the equivalent of two BSODs and had to do one complete restore. Not to mention wasting hours trying to figure out how to make it handle my workflow efficiently.
Even Linux is now more intuitive than W8.1
meh. It’s ok. I don’t like the metro crap in the start bar. I dunno what’s so hard about metro being an invisible toolbar out of the right margin like it was with gadgets... Let me pin it open at any degree so stuff I want to see all the time has some prime real estate, while the rest can slide out of the right (and slide back) on demand... And let it shut off, so that none of that app crap is running if I want it that way - Just another virus vector as far as I am concerned.
But mostly it is a useability issue. Why would I want stuff that is designed to be displayed and running all the time under the start button? A big pretty clock? News feeds? Email? Calendar? If I want that stuff, I want it on the desktop.
Indeed. My question was rhetorical.
Really, who asked for that crap? Are there really so many twits addicted to multiple electronic sex toys that they need to share their crap over all of them? Give me a break.
MS truly needs to add a switch to say "go back to Xp configuration" and get rid of all this strange smartphone crap that no desktop user wants.
Yep. There is supposed to be 'an app for that', that makes the start bar visually mimic XP / 7 but I didn't spend enough hours on it to make it work.
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