Earlier this month Microsoft put Windows 8 Metro style apps on display at the Build conference in Anaheim, CA. I had the pleasure of presenting a session on styling, animations, and templating for ...

The start screen “grid” has been touted as a big feature of Windows 8. With the portable Start Screen Animations Tweaker, you can adjust it to your liking. There are any number of products promising ...

Rolf Ebeling, a senior user experience lead for the User Experience Design and Research Team for Windows, Windows Live, and Internet Explorer, is the man who designed the 105-frame Windows 7 boot ...

A few days ago, Microsoft released a new Windows 11 build in the Dev Channel. According to the official changelog, the update contains only general bugfixes and improvements. Still, some Windows ...

Microsoft announced that the widget displayed on the taskbar in Windows 11 will correspond to live content. Widgets that can be used on Windows 11 include sports, finance, breaking news, etc., but by ...

Microsoft has definitely opened up a few doors for personalizing Windows 7 compared to Windows Vista, but the software giant recently gave some news that many customizers and tweakers will not enjoy.

One of the better ways to engage with an audience is by producing short animations to illustrate your message. But animation software is typically hard to use. And they’re usually expensive too. Which ...

is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Microsoft’s Windows 11 preview has been available for a couple of weeks now, but I ...

Windows 10’s new Start Menu is pretty dang useful. That doesn’t matter much, though, if it takes forever to load. If you’re finding the menu a bit sluggish on your machine, you can turn off the open ...