14 DAY TRIAL // As we reported to you yesterday, Pokki has recently received a brand new update that brings new features on Windows 8 computers, as well as support for some new technologies.
First of all, the build comprises touch support for Pokki Menu and apps, which means that you can easily access its features using a Windows 8 tablet, such as Microsoft’s own Surface.
“We’ve made a subtle refresh to the Pokki Menu interface to strike a better balance between clicking and touching, and now you can point, swipe, and scroll with your finger in the Pokki Menu and Pokki apps on your touch-enabled device,” the company explained.
In addition, the app now comes with high-pixel density display support, so you can use Pokki on high-resolution devices as well.
“We expect these high resolution laptops to hit the market this summer and Pokki will be ready to showcase a modern desktop app experience on these new displays,” it added.
Another important change in this new version is the introduction of Unity 3D game support, making the app compatible with Unity 4, “enabling thousands of uniquely beautiful games to be brought to the desktop.”
“While everyone is gossiping about a Start button in Windows 8.1 (that points you right back to the Modern UI), we know that many of you still spend a ton of time on the desktop and our Pokki squirrel has been hard at work trying to make your desktop app experience better,” SweetLabs added.
In other news, it appears that Microsoft will indeed bring back the Start button in Windows 8.1, but instead of launching a Start Menu, it might actually be just a shortcut for the Start Screen.
Word is that the feature has already been implemented in Milestone Preview, so we could get it as soon as late June at the BUILD developer conference.