14 DAY TRIAL // Microsoft slapped a technical limit of several million items on the new Windows 8 Conflict Resolution dialog box, which means that, at least in theory, customers are able to deal with a vast number of conflicts.
Of course, it’s hard to believe that users will come across such scenarios, unless they’ll actually want to test the limits of the overhauled Windows 8 Explorer.
The next generation of Windows Explorer sports a brand new look and feel, the Ribbon / Fluent UI, but also a range of under-the-hood changes.
Among the key aspects of its evolution, Windows 8 Explorer features an improved mechanism to deal with conflicts that arise during file management tasks such as copy or move.
As users can see in the screenshot included at the top, Windows 8 Explorer displays conflicts to users enabling them to dictate what happens next either one item at a time, or resolving all problems through a single command.
It’s a new level of control compared to the Windows 7 Conflict Resolution dialog, which was causing a bit of confusion among customers.
According to Jordi Mola, lead developer for the new Windows 8 copy experience, the Windows 8 Conflict Resolution process has been optimized for scenarios involving a few thousand items.
“The functional experience is optimized for reviewing less than a few thousand items. However, we know there are users whose needs exceed this, and the technical limit is in the several million items. To make sure that we do not consume too many machine resources the dialog only keeps a handful of items in memory, mainly the visible ones as well as couple of page/up down of results to make it responsive,” Mola explained.
It’s simply too early to tell just how the new Windows 8 Conflict Resolution dialog will be received by customers, but with Microsoft looking to broaden the testing process for the operating system, we’re bound to find out pretty soon.