Topic: Some enhancements for Win7 release candidate

[toasty0]

Windows Flip (Alt+Tab) with Aero Peek
The ALT+TAB window feature will be implemented in Aero Peek. Time delay in flipping between and cycling through windows will be displayed in the respective window through Aero Peek.


Keyboard shortcut: Windows Logo+ #
Keyboard speed and efficiency freaks would love the new keyboard shortcut - Windows Logo key + # key. This new shortcut will give you access to the taskbar for launching and switching to a program that is running.


Touch-y tweaks
This much hyped touch feature in Windows 7 gets some improvements like multi-touch keyboard, drag-n-drop support, and multi-touch right click in the release candidate.


Native .mov file support
Say adios to QuickTime, for now, Windows 7 RC will allow .mov file playback on the fly.


FAT32 support
Support for non-removable FAT32 and NTFS hard drives will be added, which was absent in Windows 7 Beta.


Rumor has it there are more feature not listed. Also, early April is is the target time frame for this build.

[Bonk]

Have they fixed the details view in windows explorer? (i.e. Provide a facility to force explorer to show all folders in details view all the time that does not require a manual registry edit.)

Native .mov file support
Say adios to QuickTime, for now, Windows 7 RC will allow .mov file playback on the fly.

Wow that is big. (though there is vlc) Since the average user is unaware of vlc, this native capabilty will prevent a lot of Quicktime infestations and go a long way to stabilising the platform. Now if only they could sink iTunes...

Expect new video codecs from Apple...

FAT32 support
Support for non-removable FAT32 and NTFS hard drives will be added, which was absent in Windows 7 Beta.

I wonder if they'll ever add support for other filesystems like ext2/3 or QNXFS?

On a related note the source code for QNX filesystems was recently released (QNX Non-Commercial End User License Agreement):
http://community.qnx.com/sf/projects/filesystems