From just a mere rumor, now Windows 8 has already been the talk of the town with much more of its interface design details. Windows 8 is described by Microsoft as a re-imagination of Windows from its chip to its interface.

The next generation of Windows known as Windows 8 is said to be of unique kind among any other operating system as it can scale from touch-only small screens through to large screens without any use of a keyboard and mouse.

During their D9 Conference, the Microsoft team demonstrated Windows 8 interface. A unique experience has been practiced for a new generation of touch-centric hardware. A total transformation has been observed yet the power, flexibility and connectivity of Windows were kept intact.

Here are some of the few aspects of Windows 8 as demonstrated:

• Fast launching of apps from a tile-based Start screen.
• Live tiles with notifications, thus showing up-to-date information from your apps.
• Fluid, natural switching between your running apps.
• Convenient ability to snap and resize an app to the side of the screen for multitasking purposes.
• Web connected and web-powered apps built using HTML 5 and JavaScript that have access to the full power of the PC.
• Fully touch-optimized browsing, with all the power of hardware-accelerated Internet Explorer 10.

In Windows 8 interface, Windows start menu is replaced with a customizable, scalable, full-screen view of apps. Windows 8 is specifically designed and optimized for touch-screen PCs but also works equally well with a mouse and keyboard. Windows 8 apps are said to be compatible with with all Windows 7 software and peripherals and is said to still have the full capabilities of Windows available including Windows Explorer and Desktop.

Windows 8 will ultimately be powered by application and device developers around the globe. It was assured that hundreds of millions of PCs will run the new Windows 8 user interface.