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Windows 10 tablet mode: a mobile OS that stays out of your way

Discussion in 'Microsoft News' started by Adi Robertson, Jul 29, 2015.

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    Microsoft’s bet on touch interfaces led to some of Windows 8’s most frustrating design choices, and the company has been doing damage control over it for the past three years. Windows 10 is the culmination of these efforts, bringing back desktop-friendly features like the Start menu. But this doesn’t mean Microsoft is giving up on mobile computing. In fact, by paying more attention to the desktop side of things, it’s created a more interesting experience — and even helped justify the existence of Windows tablets.

    Windows 10 handles tablets with a system called, unsurprisingly, "tablet mode." It’s a bigger, slightly simplified, more Windows 8-like interface that can be toggled on and off as needed. In tablet mode, the Start menu becomes...

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