

This includes giving the user complete stats about power usage, while giving notification in case the battery is need of replacement. Keeping in mind the user requirements, the power management is more interactive. Hibernation option is improved in Windows 7 by giving you the option to decide the size of system hibernation. However, all the sensors can be manually enabled and disabled, depending on your need. Windows 7 also comes with a host of sensors, like accelerometer, location-based sensors and ambient light sensors. As such, it comes with a multi-touch support for corresponding devices.

Windows 7 is perhaps the first OS to recognize the necessity to support mobility. "Device Stage" is a one-stop feature for managing all the functionalities and stats of externally connected devices. "Devices and Printers" is a simpler alternative to Device Manager, and allows a casual user to control the pluggable devices with ease. Windows 7 introduces two new features for this. More and more devices are getting plugged into the systems today, which make it essential to manage them efficiently. The icons are more pleasing, and could be customized according to you. The size could be controlled manually, although it is capable of adjusting according to screen size. Windows aero strikes again with its beautiful glass color, while the taskbar itself can be customized to match your requirements. In windows 7, it is revamped to be better than ever. The start menu retains the search field of Vista, but now comes with enhanced ability to search the control panel options quickly.Įver since its introduction in Windows 95, the Taskbar has been a much loved feature of Windows. It still has a 2-column arrangement, but functionalities are changed for the good. Thanks to Windows Aero, both the menu icon and menu itself has fade-in effects complimented by glass color.

The new Star menu comes as a breath of fresh air, keeping up with the amazing interface Windows 7 had promised. A new feature is the Search filter, which not only searches for file items, but also shows recent searches and auto-completes the file names you might want to search. With the Arrangement features, you can arrange the files in any library according to its metadata like name, date of creation, size etc. You can decide the layout and look of the libraries, as well as their location. There are four libraries supported in Windows 7: Music, Videos, Pictures and Documents.įurthermore, Libraries grant users a lot of control over it. What makes Libraries unique is the physical space it comes with, which allows you to segregate files physically rather than by reference.

This ends with Libraries, which collects files and present them in a unified form. Cluttering has always been a problem for normal Windows users, where they had a hard time in arranging files.
