"වින්ඩෝස් 8" හි සංශෝධන අතර වෙනස්කම්

 

===Developer preview and BUILD conference===

 

Microsoft unveiled new Windows 8 features and improvements on September 13, 2011, day one of the BUILD developer conference.<ref name="W8PreviewGuide">{{cite web|url=http://download.microsoft.com/download/1/E/4/1E455D53-C382-4A39-BA73-55413F183333/Windows_Developer_Preview-Windows8_guide.pdf |title=Windows 8 Developer Preview Guide|accessdate=16 September 2011|publisher=Microsoft}}</ref> Microsoft also released a developer preview (build 8102) of Windows 8 for the developer community to download and start working with. This developer preview includes tools for building "metro style apps", such as [[Microsoft Windows SDK]] for Metro style applications, Microsoft Visual Studio 11 Express for Windows 8 Developer Preview and [[Microsoft Expression Blend]] 5 developer preview.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.buildwindows.com/|title=Home - BUILD|publisher=Microsoft|accessdate = 29 February 2012}}</ref> According to Microsoft, there were more than 500,000 downloads of the developer preview within the first 12 hours of its release.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.engadget.com/2011/09/14/steve-ballmer-touts-500-000-windows-8-downloads-in-less-than-12/ |title=Steve Ballmer touts 500,000 Windows 8 downloads in less than 12 hours. |publisher=Engadget |date= |accessdate=16 September 2011}}</ref> The Developer Preview introduced the Start screen. The [[Start button]] opens the Start screen instead of the Start menu in this build.