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Rich Seymore Account Technology Specialist Education Microsoft Corporation. Where to look!. Windows 7 site http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/ Technet Windows 7 site http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/dd361745.aspx Windows 7 News http://windows7news.com/.
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Rich Seymore Account Technology Specialist Education Microsoft Corporation
Where to look! • Windows 7 site http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/ • Technet Windows 7 site http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/dd361745.aspx • Windows 7 News http://windows7news.com/
New OS Features • User Interface • Libraries • Windows Explorer • Taskbar & Custom Switchers • Jumplists • Sticky Notes • Calculator • Troubleshooting Platform • Problem Steps Recorder – PSR • Federated Search • Device Control • Remote Access for all: DirectAccess • Data Protection: BitLocker & BitLocker-To-Go
Libraries Rich pivots over files from multiple locations
Windows Explorer Arrangement Views Powerful Instant Search Federated Search Libraries Easy Previews Cleanernavigation Rich Metadata
Taskbar Custom Switchers • Surface custom UI (e.g. TDI/MDI) • Custom thumbnails for each window • Appears in your program’s window list
Taskbar Thumbnail Toolbars Remote-control for a window
Taskbar Visual Feedback Taskbar indicates progress (Progress Bar) Notifications appear over program icon (Overlay Icons)
Taskbar JumpLists • Mini Start Menu for your program • Surface key destinations and tasks
Windows Scenic Ribbon • In-box with Windows 7, redistribution available to Vista • Win32 API, COM-based (Wordpad, Paint, etc..) • Feature parity (or close) with Microsoft Office 2007 Ribbon Application Menu Help Tab Contextual Tab Set Quick Access Toolbar Contextual Tab Dialog Launcher Group (aka “Chunk”)
Federated Search Consistent experience across providers
Make your own connector If the search provider supports OpenSearch standards then you can use the following code snippet to built your search connector for that provider: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <OpenSearchDescriptionxmlns="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/" xmlns:ms-ose="http://schemas.microsoft.com/opensearchext/2009/"> <ShortName>Name of the Provider</ShortName> <Description>Description of the provider</Description> <Url type="application/rss+xml" template="Valid RSS link to search results”/> <Url type="text/html" template="Valid RSS link to search results"/> </OpenSearchDescription> You can also make your own search provider for any website even if it doesn’t support OpenSearch standards by using Live Search. Here is the piece of code which i used to make a Wikipedia search connector for Federated Search in Windows 7. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <OpenSearchDescriptionxmlns="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/" xmlns:ms-ose="http://schemas.microsoft.com/opensearchext/2009/"> <ShortName>Wikipedia</ShortName> <Description>OpenSearch for Wikipediavia Windows 7 Search Federation.</Description> <Url type="application/rss+xml" template="http://search.live.com/results.aspx?q={searchTerms}+site%3Awikipedia.org&count=50&format=rss"/> </OpenSearchDescription> Simply copy/paste the above code in a notepad file and replace the text in Bold(Red) and save it as .osdxfile extension so that Windows 7 can recognize it as a valid Federated Search Connector file.
