Windows 8 Task Manager gets streamlined

One of the most common apps that we run in Windows has got to be the Windows Task Manager. It’s everybody’s favorite three-fingered salute which launches the definite go-to app when something’s not quite right in Windows. The Windows 8 team did some research to find out what people used Task Manager for and it turns out that its most commonly used feature was to end programs and processes.

Seeing how only a small amount of users actually bothered with the other tabs, in Windows 8 they’ve decided to hide them away and focus on killing apps instead. And that’s what the Windows 8 Task Manager is going to be great at. In fact, they’ve even decided to remove the confirmation dialog before you kill an app, which speeds the whole process up.

Fortunately for those of you who need those extra information and data – they’re still available, you just need to unhide them by clicking “More details”. It’s nice to see Microsoft really taking the effort to make subtle improvements all over the operating system, Windows 8 is looking better and better by the day. Read up more about the new Task Manager at the source link.

George Wong
Categories: Computers
Tags: Microsoft, Windows, Windows 8