New Clock app for Windows 11 with Focus Sessions rolling out to Windows Insiders

2021-08-20 KENNETH 0

New Clock app for Windows 11 with Focus Sessions rolling out to Windows Insiders Hello Windows Insiders! Last week, we began releasing updates for apps that come included as part of Windows 11. The first set of up updates included the new Snipping Tool and updates for the Calculator and Mail & Calendar apps. We are continuing this effort today with the release of the new Clock app for Windows 11 to Windows Insiders in the Dev Channel! The app update has begun rolling out so if you don’t see it right away, keep checking! Not only does the new Clock app have new visuals so that it looks beautiful in Windows 11, it also includes a major new feature we’re really excited about: Focus Sessions! Another first look from the team…#FocusSessions on #Windows11 coming soon. This has been a [ more… ]

The people behind Windows 11: Using psychology, familiarity and inspiration to create widgets

2021-08-20 KENNETH 0

The people behind Windows 11: Using psychology, familiarity and inspiration to create widgets Before moving to Seattle with her husband seven years ago, Priya Chauhan had never worked in digital design. She came from the print publishing world, where she worked on children’s books, coffee table books, travel guides, catalogs, window display posters, chocolate and biscuit tins and all kinds of seasonal marketing.   If you lived in London at that time, you probably saw her designs throughout the city and in magazines.  But once she started working for Microsoft five years ago, she entered a fast-moving space where she could make global impact. (The first time she used a PC or Windows was her first day at the company. Now she only uses PCs and Windows.) Chauhan started on services and store fronts, then Microsoft Rewards. Then she moved to the Windows team. As a designer working on a new, signature feature for Windows 11 – widgets – she measured success by one thing: how it could make [ more… ]

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Releasing Windows 10 Build 19043.1198 (21H1) to Release Preview Channel

2021-08-19 KENNETH 0

Releasing Windows 10 Build 19043.1198 (21H1) to Release Preview Channel Hello Windows Insiders, today we’re releasing Windows 10, version 21H1 Build 19043.1198 (KB5005101) to the Release Preview Channel for those Insiders who are on Windows 10, version 21H1. This update includes the following improvements: We fixed an issue that prevents users from tracking Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM) activation failures. We fixed a threading issue that might cause the Windows Remote Management (WinRM) service to stop working when it is under a high load. We fixed an issue that causes the Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) provider host process to stop working. This occurs because of an unhandled access violation that occurs when using the Desired State Configuration (DSC). We fixed an issue that causes file migration between Distributed File System (DFS) paths that are stored on different volumes to fail. [ more… ]

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Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 19044.1198 (21H2)

2021-08-19 KENNETH 0

Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 19044.1198 (21H2) Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing 21H2 Build 19044.1198 (KB5005101) to the Release Preview Channel. This update will be offered automatically for Windows Insiders already on Windows 10, version 21H2 in the Release Preview Channel. For Insiders not yet on Windows 10, version 21H2 – this update is offered via our “seeker” experience in Windows Update and ONLY to Insiders who were moved from the Beta Channel to the Release Preview Channel because their PC did not meet the hardware requirements for Windows 11. This means these Insiders will need to go to Settings > Update & Security > Windows Update and choose to download and install Windows 10, version 21H2. This update includes the following new features as mentioned in John Cable’s blog post for Windows 10, version 21H2 last month: [ more… ]

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Enhancing Inking on the Web

2021-08-19 KENNETH 0

Enhancing Inking on the Web Today we are excited to announce the preview availability of an enhanced inking experience in the latest Dev Channel builds of Microsoft Edge. We first introduced these enhancements during Build 2021, showcasing how this new web API, which has been implemented upstream in the Chromium open-source project, greatly reduces the latency between the tip of a physical stylus and ink as it’s drawn on the screen. From our initial experiments on Windows 11 Insider Preview Builds, we’ve measured up to a 240% improvement in latency, which we’ve highlighted in green in the animation below: We invite you to try this new and improved inking experience on the web by downloading the latest Windows 11 Insider Preview Builds and running the code sample presented later in this blog post on the latest Microsoft Edge Dev Channel. [ more… ]