In a shortlist of new features we would all similar to see in Windows 10, there are a few at the tiptop of that list nosotros now know Microsoft is working on already: the return of the Kickoff menu, less Modernistic UI where y'all don't need it, and other desktop-focused productivity enhancements like virtual desktops.

At that place are others that Microsoft believes to have tackled but in reality are sorely lacking, to name two big ones: universal search and 4k monitor/HiDPI support.

We asked TechSpot's staff what they thought of the Windows 10 announcement and what changes they would like to see on Microsoft'south new Bone iteration.


Julio Franco

Similar every other Windows user, I felt like Microsoft heard my wishes when information technology announced Windows 10's desktop improvements. Nonetheless I don't think Windows' release bicycle is broken considering of a lack of features, but because it'southward happened again and once more that when a new Windows version arrives, it leaves united states of america with the feeling that the next major revision will finally fix what they didn't get right in the showtime place.

Windows 8.ane should have fixed the Start menu'south absenteeism, but information technology didn't, and and then the official remedy won't arrive until a total two years later. That's not adequate and Microsoft should know meliorate.

Which goes to my ultimate request for Windows 10. Microsoft has the necessary means to brand a cohesive, elegant operating system that "simply works" on modern hardware. We've been promised that for well-nigh a decade and instead of opening new fronts I wish Windows 10 gets usa to that point where the OS feels perfectly polished and finished from the moment you boot upward, wake up from sleep, upgrade or backup your system, and and then on. Windows 7 was e'er and so close to delivering that (fixing Vista'south faults), and while Windows 8 did improve a lot behind the scenes, the lack of UI cohesiveness was a disaster.

Windows loyalists won't like to read this, merely Os X has been delivering in this front for the past 3-4 years with a yearly bicycle of free OS updates.


Steven Walton

I am excited for the inflow of Microsoft's latest OS and can't wait to explore the new features. Having said that I didn't have a problem with Windows 8 for the unproblematic fact that it takes a quick download and a few seconds to fix it for gratuitous.

Autonomously from the missing Start push and worthless metro screen (for desktops) at that place isn't anything I found bad almost the operating system. When compared to Windows 7, information technology is my opinion that Windows 8 was a meliorate version (minus the Beginning carte du jour result), I retrieve of it every bit a more polished version of 7 really.

Since the but affair I really want is the Get-go menu, information technology looks like I will get my wish.


Tim Schiesser

The one matter that irked me near most Windows viii and 8.1 was the lack of a cohesive design between the 'Modern UI' – a.k.a. the new Showtime screen and its total-screen applications – and the desktop. As a desktop PC user I spend well-nigh time in the traditional Windows interface, and its design only doesn't meld well with the new way, looking like a slightly upgraded version of Windows 7.

In Windows 10 I want to see a total overhaul of the desktop UI, making it fit in with the Modern interface. I don't desire to see erstwhile-style icons combined with flat icons throughout the Os, I don't desire to come across out of place gradients or transparencies: I want a unified style that'southward mod, visually pleasing and consequent. It'd also exist nice if Microsoft would ready/improve high DPI scaling, allowing us to get the best out of loftier-resolution displays.


Matthew DeCarlo

I would like more attention paid to windows themselves in Windows 10. Aero Snap was a bang-up first step but managing windows across several displays is clumsier than it needs to be. There are times when I desire a keyboard shortcut to put a window in the corner half-screen vertically and one-half-screen horizontally (Windows key + Up and Left arrows to put it in the top left for instance), or the ability to hold control to select and elevate many windows at once, or even just a contour setting that remembers where I similar my windows to auto-snap them all back into place afterwards a hectic day. Those types of features currently require third-party tools.


Shawn Knight

I've never been the type that likes modify. My first few experiences with Windows 8 were dreadful; then much had changed visually that I felt lost (and I'm not just talking about the Start Bill of fare, although that was a big part of it).

Based on what Microsoft has revealed regarding Windows x thus far, I'm the verbal person they are targeting – the Windows seven user that wants all of the functioning improvements that come with a new Bone without feeling like everything has changed.

That said, what I want to come across nearly in Windows 10 is nil new at all. Do all of the tweaks, enhancements and optimizations necessary to build a lightning-fast environs but do information technology behind the scenes. I simply desire a speedy OS that I'm familiar with.


Per Hansson

When I initially tried the Windows viii beta I had high hopes, I really liked many of the changes and idea I could easily live with some of the commonly voiced shortcomings. As I used the OS through the evolution phase however I became more than and more than distanced from it, just similar with Windows Vista, I really felt that cohesiveness was lacking in the OS.

I'grand writing this on the Windows 10 Technical Preview and in a fashion I'm having the exact same feelings. I'yard having high hopes, many things to me are a godsend, like copy & paste into the command prompt, how come up we did not have that 15 years ago?

But there are also jarring experiences, for case searching for "mouse" from the revamped Start menu brings up exactly 1 match, and it brings you to the Metro-based "PC Settings" which is sorely lacking in features, indeed non even mouse pointer speed was possible to arrange from there...

I have not had time to test all the new features, but I like what I see. I'm making certain to provide feedback for the things I recollect could be improved, and I hope y'all practice the aforementioned. Because it felt like Microsoft turned a deafened ear towards it's user base with Windows 8, then here's to hoping this will change with Windows ten.


Rick Burgess

One of several changes I'd similar to encounter is cost. Following its "Bluish" initiative, it appears Redmond aims to give us quick, iterative Windows upgrades. Heck, Windows might even become a subscription or deject-based offering someday.

If Microsoft's rapid-release mantra is in full swing by Windows 10, I'm hopeful Microsoft will finally re-evaluate its pricing. At $150 a popular for every PC you own, yearly upgrades will definitely have consumers re-evaluating the importance of staying up-to-date. Microsoft should lower its Windows pricing significantly, not through fourth dimension-limited promos either, only through an honest to goodness price reduction. Offering free upgrades, Apple tree has set an interesting precedent for Mac Os X.

I think every Windows user would love to see free Windows Bone upgrades. Of grade, different Apple, "free" may be a little more than complicated for Microsoft given its lack of vertical integration. How about thirty bucks? What would you lot exist willing to pay for annual Windows upgrades, if anything?


What about yous, our readers?

So in that location you lot have it. Though not everyone was completely put off by Windows 8, the full general feeling is that it lacked clear direction and a cohesive design between the 'Modern UI' and traditional desktop.

Third party software helped fix a fair share of annoyances and then 8.i took care of a few more, but moving forward Microsoft will demand to show information technology has learned from its mistakes and prove that it can deliver something that feels more polished out of the box without upsetting a legion of ability (and vocal) users -- not the easiest chore, for certain.

We know many of you have already taken Windows 10 for a spin and many more are planning to. From what y'all've read or seen so far, what do yous feel is still missing? What would be the number one affair y'all'd like to see Microsoft accost?