Microsoft Revamps Multi-Monitor Support For Windows 8

It looks like Microsoft wants to revamp and improve multi-monitor support with their release of Windows 8. They decided on this course of action after seeing the data collected through the Windows Feedback Program showing 13% of desktop and 5% of laptop users utilizing two monitors. After seeing those numbers they started looking at their own setups at the office. With those numbers and their own experiences in mind they set out some goals they wanted to achieve when it comes to people making use of multiple monitors with Windows 8:

• Make the desktop a more personal experience. Perhaps the most personalized feature on the desktop is the ability to customize the desktop background. We set out to make this a great experience on multiple monitors too.
• Improve the efficiency of accessing apps across monitors. In Windows 7, the top request from people using multiple monitors was to improve the taskbar efficiency.
• Improve the efficiency of accessing system UI. In Windows 7, you could only access the Start menu on one monitor. With the introduction in Windows 8 of new UI that puts controls at the edges of the screen, we wanted to make sure that its still easy to access Start, the charms, the clock, and your recently used apps from every monitor.
• Allow side-by-side Metro style and desktop apps. You can launch or move a Metro style app to any monitor, side-by-side with desktop apps on another screen.

With improvements in multi-monitor desktop backgrounds, multi-monitor slide show, spanning panoramic images across monitors, multi-monitor taskbar and much more, Microsoft is really pulling out all the stops to improve multi-monitor setups in just about every way imaginable. Granted these features and improvements may not be huge for the majority of users, PC enthusiasts, programmers, and artists the world over that utilize these kinds of setups will probably be jumping for joy. Check out the source here to see all the things Microsoft has in mind, you wont be disappointed.