More About The Latest Windows Operating System Windows 9

During the build conference held in April 2014, Microsoft announced that it will soon introduce a new Start Menu that looks like a hybrid of the best of Windows 7 and Windows 8. Windows 8 users have been waiting for this move from Microsoft for a long time now. But no such thing has been released yet.

Because of the immense public outcry for the return of the Start menu, the launching of this menu is long overdue. The website Verge adds that, “It's around the same size as the Windows 7 menu, but also features miniature Live Tiles along one side.” If the hybrid thing comes, it will bring out the attractive user interface of Windows 8 operating system with all the functionalities of the Windows legacy Start menu.

Such an initiative will obviously be invited by the huge list of keyboard and mouse users, who suffered the most due to the touch-friendly user interface of Windows 8 operating system. However, Microsoft is yet to mention a release date for the new Start menu. Microsoft only mentioned that it will come as part of a ‘future update’ of Windows later this year.

It’s already the last quarter of 2014 and the Start menu is yet to appear. Judging by the latest leaked information about Windows 9 operating system, it is believed that the new Start menu will not be available with the next Windows 8 upgrade, but will be added in Windows 9 OS.

Popular website Mashable reported that, “Screenshots allegedly showing the new Start menu leaked on an Internet forum over the weekend. The menu looks similar, but not identical, to what Microsoft showed publicly at its Build developer conference in April.” They further continued to add that, “The size and format of the menu is the same, but the tiles themselves are different, suggesting the image was generated by an early build of the new Windows.”

Another feature that is inheriting in the new operating system will be the ability to minimize the Metro experience and run an application within a window on the desktop. This feature was absent in previous version, Windows 8.x operating system. However, not all these information were obtained from official sources at Microsoft, but rather from leaked screenshots of Windows 9 that are being circulated around.

If all the rumored information about Windows 9 is true, scores of users will throng for Windows 8 upgrade to Windows 9. However, it remains to be seen how successful Windows 9 operating system will be.