It suddenly dawned on me that I hadn’t yet posted a screenshot gallery of the recently released Windows 10 Technical Preview 2 build. Sorry about that: here’s a quick rundown of what’s new in this release, with explanations of what you’re looking at.
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- Storage Sense settings pinned to the Start experience.
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- Menu flyout in the Maps universal app.
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- Fenway Park in Boston as viewed in Maps in 3D mode.
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- Desktop, post-OneDrive configuration.
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- Photos universal app: Collection view.
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- Photos app: Albums are still not implemented.
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- Photos app: A new games interface to get testers to try new features.
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- Photos app: A better view of the Collection, with actual photos.
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- Store (Beta) universal app: Home view.
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- Start experience in menu view.
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- Store (Beta): No Movies & TV yet. What about Music?
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- Store (Beta): Download and installs.
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- Start menu All Apps view with collapsed sub-folders.
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- Start menu All Apps view with expanded sub-folder.
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- Xbox universal app: Default view.
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- Xbox app: Home view.
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- Xbox app: Achievements view.
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- Xbox app: Game DVR view.
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- Xbox app: Virtual controller for my Xbox One. (SmartGlass functionality.)
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- Xbox app: OneGuide view from my Xbox One.
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- Xbox app: OneGuide app channels from my Xbox One.
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- Cortana first start.
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- Cortana: Default view.
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- Task View. Note the subtler new “New desktop” widget on the right.
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- Task View: Second virtual desktop added.
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- Task View: Window running in first desktop.
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- Task View: Window dragged and drop from first virtual desktop to second virtual desktop. Note the more obvious close box on the thumbnail.
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- File Explorer: Change the default view from Quick Access to This PC.
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- Network view. Love the icons.
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- Network flyout (instead of launching a Settings window).
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- Action Center: Default view.
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- Action Center: Quick Actions expanded.
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- Action Center: Triggering Tablet Mode, where apps go full screen.
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- Action Center: Tablet view toggled off again.
