14 DAY TRIAL // Windows 8 will bring along enhanced support for changing the language on a device, as well as the option to easily download and install more languages on computers powered by the platform.
Microsoft has been long touting the advanced user-friendly features included in Windows 8. Today, it is stressing on the availability of more options when it comes to the language one can use on a device.
Windows 8 is meant to provide users with the possibility to work in any language they want on their computers, Ian Hamilton, a program manager on the Windows International team, notes.
“If you can’t read the text that Windows presents to you, you can’t use Windows to its fullest potential,” he notes. Thus, the upcoming platform will arrive with powerful, easy-to-use language features.
People in some countries already have the possibility to purchase PCs that sport a variety of pre-installed languages.
Windows 8 will also provide them with the option to able install additional display languages besides those that have been included in the mix from the beginning.
Basically, users will be able to choose any PC model they like without worrying about the possible lack of a specific language.
Moreover, Windows 8 will also provide users with the option to have more than a single language available on their computers, with the possibility to easily switch from one to another.
“Microsoft will continue to be a market leader in language support with an additional 14 new display languages for Windows 8, bringing the total to 109 languages,” Ian Hamilton continues.
Windows 7 is now available in 95 languages, but the additional options will offer native language versions of Windows 8 for over 4.5 billion people. Moreover, Windows 8 will feature English for the United Kingdom as a standalone language (it can be considered an independent version of Windows).
“We are proud to announce the addition of English for the United Kingdom to the list of Windows display languages. We admit that this is something we should have done a long time ago,” Hamilton states.
“Windows users in the UK have gotten by with the US English version of Windows, and while we Americans knew this was not their favourite, that is clearly no defence. We believe that this version of Windows will also be widely used in India, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, the Republic of Ireland and many other places.”
There will also be 13 new Language Interface Packs (LIPs), including Punjabi (Pakistan), Sindhi (Pakistan), Central Kurdish (Iraq), Uyghur (People’s Republic of China), Belarusian (Belarus), Kinyarwanda (Rwanda), Tigrinya (Ethiopia), Tajik (Tajikistan), Wolof (Senegal), K’iche’ (Guatemala), Scottish Gaelic (United Kingdom), Cherokee (United States), Valencian (Spain).
You can download the Windows 8 Developer Preview Build 8102 M3 from Softpedia via this link.