14 DAY TRIAL // Windows 10 build 9926 launched on Friday with lots of new features, among which a redesigned Start menu and Cortana, but the new version also includes some visual tweaks that make the operating system altogether look more modern.
One of these changes is the addition of new icons that seem to perfectly match Microsoft's all-flat approach started in October 2012 with Windows 8 and then borrowed by many other tech companies out there.
The new icons indeed change the looks of the OS in an effective way, making it not only look more modern but also more stylish. All these icons are expected to be part of the final version of Windows 10, but things could obviously change in the meantime, as the operating system is projected to see daylight in the fall of 2015.
Start menu transparency on its way
And yet, more visual improvements are on their way right now, Microsoft has recently confirmed, adding that adding transparency for the Start menu is one of the things that the developing team is working on at the moment.
“The work on Start isn’t done yet, and we’ll have more changes that will show up in future builds including more personalization (and transparency!), drag and drop, Jump Lists, and the ability to resize the Start menu,” Gabe Aul, head of the Windows Insider Program, said on Friday.
Overall, Windows 10 indeed looks more modern as compared to its predecessors and adds small refinements that bring it in line with other redesigned products that went all-in on the flat approach.
Of course, many of the improvements that are currently part of the operating system could be further tweaked before Windows 10 gets the go-ahead, so expect the new product to look even better when it reaches RTM in mid-summer.