Microsoft previews Windows 8

Microsoft, for the first time has unveiled the new user interface that will be present in Windows 8. As you can see, the new interface of Windows 8 is heavily influenced by Windows Phone 7 and the reason behind is to make the OS work well on various screen sizes and type (touchscreen or not).

Some of the new improvements you’ll see are Tile-based Start screen, fluid switching of apps, Live Tiles with notifications, HTML5-based apps, hardware-accelerated IE 10 and more. You can check out the video below.

If you’re wondering, apps running on older version of Windows will also continue to work but it’s the new apps that will be able to take advantage of the new features. Moreover, there’s an option to switch to the old Desktop-style, in case you don’t like the Tiles system.

So what do you think? Will this UI overhaul work for the Redmond giant?

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