6 quirky features of Windows 10

Adoption figures provided by StatCounter for China show that between July 29, the date when the new OS got the green light, and September 20, only 3.4 percent upgraded to Windows 10, which makes it the fourth most used desktop operating system in the country.

While the new OS is widely recognized as a welcome improvement to the unloved Windows 8 and 8.1, the Windows 10 roll out hasn’t been free of complaints. Microsoft’s working on that, too: The blog post describes a host of new features designed to make it easier for users to find and buy apps on the store, and for developers to port existing apps to the Windows 10 platform.

The new Windows 10 has broadly deployed techniques including inside and outside features of the Store that have become a part of their life. Therefore, this latest version of Windows will not just protect your PC and laptops, but also it will also protect your phones as well. And as you use your computer throughout the day, desktop notifications will appear to alert you of any new messages.

After having issues with their Sync system which soured their relationship with Ford, Microsoft is experimenting with a new infotainment system that essentially puts Windows in your dashboard. They have “taken steps to change the way people discover and experience apps in Windows 10“, said Microsoft.

Now all those users need are more and better apps. After that, users can verify their identities quickly on devices using either PINs or biometric gestures with Windows Hello.

The main changes in Build 10547 include the option for users to select to see four columns of tiles in the Start menu instead of the default three, and improvements to the Tablet mode of the user interface that enables the user to snap apps to the left or right, swipe down to close an app, and more easily replace a previously snapped app with another. The title of his piece?: “7 things I still hate about Windows 10”. The updates delivered to testers on the Windows Insider Fast ring thus give some idea of what users of the release code will receive when Microsoft pushes out an official update.