6.4.9879.0
12 Nov '14
25 Nov '14
Start and Action center
- You can now disable the search and Task View button
- The Action center has been placed in the notification area
- New battery indicator
File Explorer
- Favorite folders can now be pinned to Home in File Explorer
- OneDrive now uses selective sync, no more Smart Files
User Interface
- Animations have been refined
- More icons have been replaced with new versions
- The 3 dots-icon has been replaced with a hamburger menu icon, works the same
- Dialogs in WinRT are now windowed
Internet Explorer
- A feedback icon has been added next to options prominent in the interface
- Extended standard and API support
- Support for Content Security Policy
- GamePad API support has returned (as seen in Internet Explorer Developer Channel)
- CSS Transforms - preserve-3d support
- JS Arrow function
- JS iterators
- JS Symbols
- Media Queries Level 4: Interaction Media Features
- Selection API Support
- WAV Audio Support
- ES6 Built-ins (Math, Number, String and Object)
- ES6 Object Literal Enhancements
- ES6 Promises
- ES6 Classes
- ES6 Spread
- ES6 Template Strings
- ES6 Proxies
- ES6 WeakSet
- Experimental Features Dashboard has been added under about:flags
- The User Agent String has been altered
- EdgeHTML has been added
Settings
- New panels, settings and options
- Storage Sense has been added to the main menu
- You can now back-up settings to OneDrive (not the same as sync)
- You can now change your background through this app
- Under "Privacy", Cortana options have been added
System
- Touch gestures on a touchpad are now built-in and universal across all Windows devices
- Improvements to multi-monitor support have been made
- MKV support has been improved
Apps
- Insider Hub has been added as a new app, a news portal for Windows Insiders
- OneDrive has been removed as an app
- You can now pin the search app to the taskbar and start screen
- Windows Feedback
- Feedback can now be sorted on trending, number of "Me Too's" and most recent
- The apps will take you back to the category after posting feedback
- Bug fixes when using search
- Screenshot button is now easier to find
Other features
- "System compression" has been added to Disk Cleanup as a new option
And further
- Universal scrolling has been enabled again
6.4.9879.5
16 Dec '14
16 Dec '14
And further
- Unknown fixes and enhancements