Bestätigt: Vorabversion von Windows 7 im Oktober
Details zu Windows 7 auf der PDC:
In der Agenda der PDC 2008 finden sich einige Vorträge, die Bezug auf Windows 7 nehmen. Sie sind in den meisten Fällen deutlich konkreter beschrieben als die WinHEC-Veröffentlichungen:
| PDC-Vorträge zu Windows 7 |
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| · Windows 7: Graphics Advances |
| Windows 7 enables you to advance the graphics capabilities of your applications while carrying forward existing investments in your Win32 codebase, including GDI and GDI+. New enhancements to DirectX let Win32 applications harness the latest innovations in GPUs and LCD displays, including support for scalable, high-performance, 2D and 3D graphics, text, and images. Also learn how to leverage the GPUs parallelism for general-purpose computation such as image processing. |
| · Windows 7: Optimizing for Energy Efficiency and Battery Life |
| A single application can reduce mobile battery life by up to 30%. Windows 7 provides advances for building energy-efficient applications. In this session we will discuss how to leverage new Windows infrastructure to reduce application power consumption and efficiently schedule background tasks and services. |
| · Windows 7: Touch Computing |
| In Windows 7, innovative touch and gesture support will enable more direct and natural interaction in your applications. This session will highlight the new multi-touch gesture APIs and explain how you can leverage them in your applications. |
| · Windows 7: Web Services in Native Code |
| Windows 7 introduces a new networking API with support for building SOAP based web services in native code. This session will discuss the programming model, interoperability aspects with other implementations of WS-* protocols and demonstrate various services and applications built using this API. |
| Windows 7: Design Principles for Windows 7 |
| Together, we can increase customer enthusiasm, satisfaction and loyalty by designing user experiences that are both desirable and harmonious. In this session, we will introduce the Windows User Experience Principles approach to shipping software. Along the way we will share stories and lessons learned along the journey of designing the user model and experience for Windows 7, and leave you with a set of principles that you can apply as you build your applications for Windows. |
| Windows 7: Integrate with the Windows 7 Desktop Taskbar |
| This session dives into new APIs that enable integration with the latest Windows desktop features. Learn about new extensibility methods to surface your applications key tasks. Discover how enhancements to the taskbar, Start Menu, thumbnails and their desktop elements provide new ways for you to delight your users. This talk is a must for application developers who wan to provide the best user experience for their applications on Windows 7. |
| Windows 7: Welcome to the Windows 7 Desktop |
| The Windows desktop is evolving-is your application ready to evolve also? This session sets the stage for exciting enhancements to the taskbar, Start Menu, and other desktop elements. |
| Windows 7: Deep Dive - Whats New with Win32s user32 and comctl32 |
| This talk focuses on the lowest level user interface components (user32, comctl32) that appear in almost every Windows application. Youll learn about recent changes and enhancements in these subsystems, and talk extensively about debugging, localization, tools, testing, and shipping. Well also talk about how Windows 7 changes (such as High DPI) impact user interface code. Get the best tips and techniques that Microsoft development teams use to build great user experiences with these components. |
| Windows 7: New Shell User Experience APIs |
| noch nicht bekannt |
| Windows 7: New APIs to Find, Visualize, and Organize |
| noch nicht bekannt |
| Windows 7: New Text and Graphics APIs |
| noch nicht bekannt |
Fazit: Bei den grafischen Fortschritten setzt Microsoft offensichtlich auf die leistungsstarken Prozessoren moderner Grafikkarten. Der zweite Schwerpunkt auf der PDC lautet Energieeffizienz: Der Vista-Nachfolger soll hier vor allem im Ruhezustand und bei im Hintergrund laufenden Prozessen sparsamer werden. In Sachen Multi-Touch wird Microsoft auf der PDC eine Schnittstelle präsentieren, um Geräte mit dem Betriebssystem kommunizieren zu lassen.
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