With Windows 7 out of the way for over a month now, Microsoft is starting to shift all of its focus and resources onto the next iteration of Windows, which, as far as unofficial clues from the company reveal, is in planning stage under the codename Windows 8. Asked “What's next for you at Microsoft?” the creator of the Windows 7 105-frame startup animation noted “The next version of Windows.” In all fairness, neither Rolf Ebeling, nor any other Microsoft representative has confirmed officially that Windows 8 is the label for the successor of Windows 7. The Windows 7 boot animation is Ebeling’s brainchild, and it is essentially created out of no less than 105 separate frames, which in swapped in rapid succession frame create the startup animation for the company’s latest Windows client. At the bottom of this screen, you will be able to see the Windows 7 boot animation from Build 6956 of Windows 7 via the embedded video.
"We never lost sight that we wanted the boot-up to be faster, but thought, 'Well, if people are going to be there we should make it attractive and something that inspires confidence,'" said Ebeling, a senior user experience lead for the User Experience Design and Research Team for Windows, Windows Live and Internet Explorer.
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