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Top 10 Scenarios; ISVs Add Customer Value with Windows 7 Features

With the release candidate of Windows 7 publicly available soon, we thought you might like a sheet that helps you decide which features of Windows 7 to incorporate in your application.

 

Scenario

Windows 7 Features

Customer Value

1

Desktop Application

·         Scenic Ribbon

·         Enhanced Taskbar

·         Gadgets Enhancement

Richer desktop application experience

2

Office Automation / Knowledge Management Application

·         Library

·         File Formats

·         Native Code Support for XPS Document

More convenient for managing Files and Data ; flexible way to compose Office document either via managed or unmanaged code

3

Web Application

·         Federated Search

·         IE8

After adding Windows 7 compatible Open Search API support to your searchable web application , desktop client can create a Search Connector for that web for one-stop search ; IE 8 provides real-world interoperability with other browsers and compatibility for existing sites, makes Web development faster and easier with built-in developer tools.

4

Utility Apps such as Security, Network, Download

·         Service Hardening, Enhanced Windows Filtering Platform, Trigger-Started Services, Power-aware application API, Distributed Routing Table, Windows BranchCache

Improve the quality of such utility applications from the view of performance, security, power consumption etc.

5

GPS, Scientific Applications

·         Sensor Platform (Location/light/ temperature sensor)

Windows 7 provides a solid, easy-to-use platform for using sensor devices to create environmental awareness in Windows applications

6

Tablet Application Provider

·         Enhanced Handwriting and Ink

Windows 7 improves the pen experience by providing greater accuracy and speed.

7

Devices Provider

·         Device Experience Platform

·         Windows Biometric Framework

Windows 7 provides device makers with prominent placement on the Windows desktop, with branding opportunities and a simple interface for presenting the functionality and services that the device supports.

8

Gaming , Media Player & Graphic Applications

·         Multi-Touch Gestures

·         Media Platform

·         Enhanced DirectX APIs

Bring more Intuitive User Experience; Media Foundation has been enhanced to provide better format support, including MPEG-4, as well as support for video capture devices and hardware codecs; Take advantage of the latest innovations in GPUs to add fast, scalable, high-quality, 2D and 3D graphics, text, and images to their applications.

9

Multi-Language Applications

·         Extended Linguistic Services

Windows 7 provides developers with a standard method to prepare their applications for the international market by delivering an improved multi-language user interface support and linguistic services that they can use in their applications

10

Developer Desktop

·         Native Boot VHD

·         Windows PowerShell 2.0

·         Windows Troubleshooting Platform

Fast-reset testing environment, more convenient management & problem troubleshooting for developers

This list is intended for you to discover the possibilities for your own application.

To learn more about how to light up these features, see:

My thanks to my colleagues in China who put this together and translated it into English.

Posted: Friday, May 01, 2009 10:50 PM by Bruce Kyle

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