As the year comes to the end, Microsoft is getting more and more interested in getting user feedback on their upcoming Windows Vista operating system. The company has now updated their new community-based preview program and have showcased some of the new features for Windows Vista. These efforts include improving the web browser and making the operating system’s security better.
Microsoft is also due to start a wave of monthly updates to the Community Technology Preview (CTP). These are to get the feedback from the users in a way they usually get by proper beta release. We have only seen the beta 1 of this upcoming operating system which disappointed a lot of testers for the company. They are due to launch another major beta in the coming months for a much wider testing.
This latest update improves upon the much awaited Internet Explorer 7 and the newly integrated Mobility Center. Mobility Center groups together a host of laptop options, including new power management settings. Some other updates included in this update are:
a “Network Center", that acts as a central spot for managing network connections, replacing the “My Network Places” and “Network Neighbourhood” from Windows XP
tools for authoring and digitally signing documents in the new XML Paper Specification (XPS) format, code-named Metro
an early version of Windows Media Player 11
new network and PC diagnostic tools that can, for example, detect when a disk is likely to fail, warn users and prompt them with ways to back up their data.
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