Microsoft Windows 7 will be the next version of the Windows operating system. As with Vista, we should be looking at opportunities for richer system integration, as well as ensuring that we're not dependent on depricated OS features.

Changes in Windows 7

PDC 2008 had a lot of video coverage. Requires Silverlight/Moonlight to stream, WMV available.

Quicklaunch toolbar is gone
Jump lists
Window/Tab previews
systray/notifications/balloons back in user control

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Windows 7: Welcome to the Windows 7 Desktop

Windows 7: Extending Battery Life with Energy Efficient Applications

Windows 7: Developing Multi-touch Applications

Windows 7: Writing Your Application to Shine on Modern Graphics Hardware

Windows 7 Scenic Ribbon: The next generation user experience for presenting commands in Win32 applications.

Windows 7: Introducing Direct2D and DirectWrite

Deep Dive: What's New with user32 and comctl32 in Win32

Firefox/Windows 7 Integration

Changes in Windows 7

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