We all know that there are lots of leaked Windows 8 builds available for download on various torrent websites. These builds have shown us that Windows 8 Explorer comes with the good old Up button in toolbar and centered titlebar text.
But now it has been officially confirmed. Recently we posted about an official announcement from Microsoft about support for USB 3.0 standard in Windows 8:
Windows 8 Will Come With Support for USB 3.0, Microsoft Confirms
When we were watching the official demo video, we just noticed the Explorer window shown in the video:
As you can see in the above screenshot, the Windows Explorer window is showing the icon as well as text in titlebar which is not shown in Windows Vista and 7 Explorer. The titlebar text is shown in the center of Windows 8 Explorer window.
Also there is a new Up button in toolbar or command bar. It was also found in the Milestone 2 build but at that time Microsoft was using a classic XP style button:
Windows 8 Milestone 2 Build Screenshot Leaked, Features New “Up” Button in Explorer
And now in this new Windows 8 build, the Up button icon has been changed.
Its not yet known which Windows 8 build it is but most probably it should be the same build which will be shown by Microsoft in the upcoming BUILD event.
This article was posted by VG in following section: Windows 8.
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Peter
Nice find VG
Samy
cool. I miss a lot the up button in windows 7. thanks MS xD
Julius
The new UP button looks better than the previous ugly button.
Rob
gotcha. cool find VG :D
Lester
Oh. good Find! VG
lohhw3
Classic Shell already have it for Windows 7! ;)
oh btw, v3.2.0 is out too.
classicshell.sourceforge.net/gallery.html
Mushaf
Left side title was better.
EGA
nice up button :)
wait a second! where is the explorer search box?????
MJPollard
@Mushaf: But you see, people were becoming too used to that, so Microsoft *had* to change it to keep people off-balance. We mustn't get complacent, after all! [/snark]
Chalk up yet another item in the "Microsoft changing shit just for the sake of changing it" column...
Binesh
That explorer ribbon seems to be gone too