Those who attended the conference of January 21 have understood that Microsoft wanted to focus on a common point in all aspects of Windows 10: Continuity. That is, the ability to switch from one device to another without difficulty, including on mobile. The Continuum feature, which evokes the act of moving from one thing to another continuously, has been set up for this purpose.
Windows 10 must take place on all devices, from the smallest to the largest, touchscreen or not, with a keyboard or not. Except that some of the devices today, thanks to Windows 8, which had initiated the transition, are hybrids: both tablets and PCs, touchscreen and use the mouse.
Mix styles like Windows 8 was not a success for traditional PC users despite the rather favorable start menu and good general impression when it came of wielding the home screen and tiled with a touch screen. No questions either to establish two Windows 10, the Windows 8 version "RT" Tablet had only add a little confusion upheaval.
Continuum standby in the background
The solution devised by Microsoft is quite simple and, according to demonstrations conducted by Joe Belfiore during the conference Windows 10 seems to run smoothly. Continuum standby system in background in Windows 10 on hybrid devices and detects the presence or not of a Keyboard accessory/trackpad.
When the user of a hybrid PC as the surface picks up his keyboard to switch to tablet mode with a controlled display only on his finger Continuum comes asking for confirmation of a pressure if he really wants to move in tablet mode. This choice is not imposed but proposed to the user is of course to put the other way when the device is reconnected to the keyboard.
If Continuum is a key point for hybrid devices, the idea of continuity is also preserved on devices across applications. As Microsoft has demonstrated, it will be synchronized and adapted to provide a user experience very similar in Windows 10 with all devices, smartphone to the PC.
