14 DAY TRIAL // Microsoft launched the new Windows 10 Technical Preview build 9860 only a few hours ago and while the company detailed some of the most important changes that it made to this new version, it also left some to be discovered by users who install it.
This is the case of the new window animations which can be spotted every time you open, close, minimize, or maximize an application, as Microsoft tried to make the operating system itself a bit more eye appealing.
At this point, there doesn’t seem to be an option to disable them, which isn’t quite the best news for those who don’t like them, but the company is expected to implement more configuration settings in the upcoming releases of the operating system.
The new window animations aren’t very similar to those on Mac OS X, as it was originally believed, and clearly add a modern touch to the revamped desktop operating system.
Turned on by default
The new window animations are enabled by default, so just after you install the new Windows 10 Technical Preview build 9860, the new effects should already be there.
You can watch them in action in this video published by Neowin’s Brad Sams, and while they might seem to be a pretty good addition at first, they could easily become annoying after a few days, especially for those who want increased productivity and are trying to work on their computers as fast as possible.
In this regard, the lack of configuration settings for these animations could be an issue, but Microsoft is expected to tackle this in the coming months with new updates.
Based on consumer feedback
One of the best things about these new window animations is not their addition per se, but the fact that they are based on consumer feedback, which is nothing more than living proof that Microsoft is indeed willing to improve the operating system with users’ suggestions.
Window animations were among the most voted requests in the original Windows 10 Preview build, so it’s a good thing that Microsoft is addressing feedback in such an effective manner.
Much will change in the coming updates, Microsoft promised, and window animations could also receive a bunch of other enhancements, including the configuration settings we mentioned above. Of course, it remains to be seen if such options could be implemented in preview builds, but there’s no doubt that the final version of Windows 10 will have them.
