Windows 7 Build 7004 screenshot revealed

A screenshot from the 7004.0.081203-1830 build of Windows 7 showing some different looking folder icons. More »

Windows 7 DWM cuts memory consumption by 50% – istartedsomething

By using Direct3D 10.1, memory consumption for each window is reduced by 50%. More »

Windows 7 Taskforce – Most popular submissions for the past 30 days

Long Zheng is hosting a site where users of the soon to be released Windows 7 pre-beta can report ‘quirks’. Sounds like a great way of expanding the the input that the Microsoft team can gather to help improve the OS. More »

Engineering Windows 7 : User Interface: Managing Windows windows

The simple window that we use every day evolves slightly in every version of Windows. Windows 7 looks to reduce the number of clicks and precise movements needed to perform common activities, which should make touch screen controls easier. More »

Microsoft’s secrecy gameplan tested as more Win7 screenshots leak | All about Microsoft | ZDNet.com

Mary Jo talks about leaked photos of the Windows 7 M3 build (a capture of what Wordpad looks like with a Ribbon interface) and what Microsoft may be doing to try and stop the leaks. More »

UX Evangelist: Windows 7 M3 Build 6780: The New WordPad UI

A leaked image of the M3 Build version of WordPad, showing the ribbon bar which makes it look more like Word. More »

Windows Scenic: Windows 7’s Ribbon-based UI platform – istartedsomething

Some pics of the Ribbon interface in some Windows 7 apps, and details of the interface they are building for all Windows 7 apps. I think it’s a waste of space for most apps, not a big fan of the ribbon… More »

Windows UI Taskforce: your help wanted – istartedsomething

Long Zheng is working to find all those GUI anomalies and point them out to Microsoft so they can be fixed for Windows 7. Report any that you know of! More »

Don’t believe everything you see about Windows 7 – istartedsomething

Long describes how a number of screen shots shown by CrunchGear/TechCrunch are just third-party mock ups, and not actual screen shots of Windows 7. More »

WinSe7en Web Links: April 30th

• What would you change (first) about Windows? look and feel? | All about Microsoft | ZDNet.com
  Might some of these changes make it into Windows 7? I doubt it, but here’s to hoping.
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