Leaked Windows 9 Screenshots Hint at a Redesigned Desktop **UPDATES**

Slowly but Surely, we're Starting to Get a Clearer Idea of What the Next Version of Windows will Look Like. Microsoft already Teased a Classic-Style Start Menu, while ZDNet's Usually-Reliable Mary Jo Foley has Reported that, the Charms Bar Might be Removed. Today, we're Sifting through What Might be the Biggest Single Leak Yet -- a Collection of 20 Screenshots from the German Websites ComputerBase and WinFuture. In these Images, Reportedly from the "Windows Technical Preview" Expected to Arrive this Fall, we Can See Not just the Start Menu but, a Refined Taskbar, with a New Search Icon Located Next to the Start Button. Alongside the Search Button there's Another New Icon -- What Appears to be a Shortcut for the Rumored Virtual-Desktop Feature.


Indeed, a Few of the Screenshots here Show a Pane along the Bottom of the Screen that you Can Use to Toggle between Different Desktops. Finally, One of the Screens includes the New Notification Center, which apparently Lives in the System Tray in the Lower-Right Corner. Based on the Images we Have here, though, it Remains Unclear How Exactly these Notifications will Work. On that Note, it's Worth a Reminder that, these Images almost Certainly Don't Represent a Final Version of the Software -- Again, Not Even the Preview Version has been Released Yet. In the Meantime, we've Asked Microsoft to Confirm Whether these Screenshots are Authentic and will Update this Post if we Learn More.




**UPDATE**


Microsoft's Answer to this, is that, Doesn't Confirm Any Infos, about Rumors and Speculation.




Info Sources:

http://www.computerbase.de/2014-09/windows-9-technical-preview-bilder-testversion

http://winfuture.de/news,83577.html

http://www.theverge.com/2014/9/11/6135079/windows-9-leak-technical-preview

**UPDATE #2**


Whether you're Going to iss the Charms Bar or Not, Users Likely Have a List of Things they Love (or Loath) about Windows 8. We've already Had a Few Hints at What to Expect in the Next Version -- the Classic Start Menu for Example. Now, we Have Some Videos (below) purportedly Showing the Windows 9 in Action (or, a Fairly Complete Build of it, at least). Some of the More Interesting Features Shown include a Revised, (Unified) Notification Center, a Demonstration of How Multi-Desktop will Work and of Course, that Beloved Start Menu. Naturally, All Usual Caveats Apply (Things Could Change and Probably will), but, as Windows 9 Creeps further Out of the Shadows, we're Getting a Clearer Picture of What Sort of User Experience we Can Expect.




Here's a Bunch of Videos Showing Off Some Windows 9 Features in Action:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--wgAsHWNRE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hG_0pLq49s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VF4Eva_4UNE


Info Sources:

http://techcrunch.com/2014/09/14/leaked-clips-show-windows-9-in-action

http://winfuture.de/special/windows9