Post by Techie007 on Mar 18, 2016 1:09:02 GMT -6
blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2016/03/17/announcing-windows-10-mobile-insider-preview-build-14291-for-pc-and-mobile/
changewindows.org/build.php?id=117
On one hand, it looks like they've been quite busy fixing and improving things, but on the other hand, closer inspection reveals very little done for us desktop users. Almost all the changes have been made to an app of some sort. I definitely welcome the changes to Microsoft Edge—not that I'm ever going to be using it anytime soon as my primary web browser. I also like the integration of the Insider Hub and Feedback apps. Looking at it now, it appears a couple minor features were added along the way: We now have a separate title and description (looks bad on old feedback though), and Microsoft can now respond to feedback! Still can't edit, downvote or comment on feedback, so maybe not worth phoning home about just yet.
Meanwhile, I've been anxiously waiting for this build hoping that the new system tray bug introduced in build 14271 would be completely fixed. The tray has been fixed, and it now uses a closer icon spacing more like Windows XP. However, the Shell_NotifyIcon API remains broken as ever, so my tray is still missing a couple of essential icons. I had the feeling that this was going to happen—break a tiny spec that only effects a few programs (that happen to actually be coded correctly) in a feature that Microsoft has minimized by introducing the terrible feature to hide tray icons, and hardly anyone will notice. Now I wonder how long before it will actually get fixed! (Or worse yet—if it will get fixed!) The documentation for this function clearly states that it will return False if it is not successful, something that it has done fine since Windows 95. Now it only returns False if Explorer.exe isn't running, and True otherwise, regardless of actual success.
changewindows.org/build.php?id=117
Today we are releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 14291 for both PC and Mobile to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring. There are some very cool new things in this build, including one of the top requested features by Windows Insiders—extensions for Microsoft Edge!
What's new:
Known issues:
What's new:
- Extensions in Microsoft Edge.
- Pinned Tabs in Microsoft Edge.
- The address bar in Microsoft Edge now supports "Paste and go" and "Paste and search".
- Microsoft Edge now supports native VP9 video playback (has to be manually enabled in "about:flags").
- Significantly updated Maps app with a lightweight, scalable, and consistent UI as well as underlying architecture improvements and new features.
- Updated Alarm and Clock app with a new inline time-picker and improved design for creating and editing alarms and timers.
- Japanese one-handed kana touch keyboard.
- Japanese lined-mode Text Input Canvas.
- Replaced the Insider Hub and Windows Feedback apps with a single, significantly revamped Feedback Hub app.
- This issue causing the notification area (“systray”) to look out of alignment when turning on the “always show all icons in the notification area” should now be fixed.
- We fixed the issue where connectivity to older Wi-Fi networks using the WEP encryption security method may be broken.
- We fixed an issue where the “X” to close the “Find of Page” toolbar in Microsoft Edge is displayed off screen on 8-inch devices when in portrait mode.
- We fixed an issue where the USB icon in the notification area was reverting to the old icon when ejecting drives.
- We fixed an issue where clicking the suggested search in Microsoft Edge resulted in a URL to the search as the search string.
Known issues:
- Some Surface Pro 3, Surface Pro 4, and Surface Book devices may experience a freeze or hang and all input such as keyboard/trackpad and touch do not work. The workaround is to hold down the power button to force the device to hard-reboot.
- Your PC may freeze when plugging in an Xbox One or Xbox 360 controller and other gamepads in this build.
- If you use Hyper-V and have a Virtual Switch configured for your network adapter, you may see an error indicator (red-colored “X”) for your network adapter in the notification area of your taskbar. The error indicator is incorrect and your network adapter should continue to work just fine.
- We are seeing reports of some apps such as QQ crashing. We are currently investigating, and this bug may also impact older apps such as Windows Live Mail and Expression Encoder 4.
- If you have Kaspersky Anti-Virus, Internet Security, or the Kaspersky Total Security Suite installed on your PC there is a known driver bug that prevents these programs from working as expected in builds from the Development Branch. We are partnering with Kaspersky to fix this issue for a future release, but at this time there are no known workarounds. While this issue is present, we recommend using Windows Defender or another third party anti-virus product of your choice to remain protected.
On one hand, it looks like they've been quite busy fixing and improving things, but on the other hand, closer inspection reveals very little done for us desktop users. Almost all the changes have been made to an app of some sort. I definitely welcome the changes to Microsoft Edge—not that I'm ever going to be using it anytime soon as my primary web browser. I also like the integration of the Insider Hub and Feedback apps. Looking at it now, it appears a couple minor features were added along the way: We now have a separate title and description (looks bad on old feedback though), and Microsoft can now respond to feedback! Still can't edit, downvote or comment on feedback, so maybe not worth phoning home about just yet.
Meanwhile, I've been anxiously waiting for this build hoping that the new system tray bug introduced in build 14271 would be completely fixed. The tray has been fixed, and it now uses a closer icon spacing more like Windows XP. However, the Shell_NotifyIcon API remains broken as ever, so my tray is still missing a couple of essential icons. I had the feeling that this was going to happen—break a tiny spec that only effects a few programs (that happen to actually be coded correctly) in a feature that Microsoft has minimized by introducing the terrible feature to hide tray icons, and hardly anyone will notice. Now I wonder how long before it will actually get fixed! (Or worse yet—if it will get fixed!) The documentation for this function clearly states that it will return False if it is not successful, something that it has done fine since Windows 95. Now it only returns False if Explorer.exe isn't running, and True otherwise, regardless of actual success.