Gadgetory

Microsoft has an idea that might just upend the way we all use computers and it's hoping you might be willing to test it out the newest pre-release software being sent to windows insider program participants will include a new feature called sets which groups the apps Word documents browser windows and whatever else together as a set of tabs in a window it's a radical departure from the way we all typically use computers with apps and browser windows all over the place but that's not all Microsoft will also sync your sets between computers so you could be working on a project at the office and then when you get home you open up your PC and you'll be able to resume with all the same apps browser windows and everything else set up just the way you left it there's a catch this whiz-bang idea though Microsoft isn't sure it'll work which is why it's releasing it through the windows insider program where you can sign up to get pre-release versions of Windows for free just be warned the software is untested for use by the masses so it could eat that critical presentation due to your boss tomorrow so I do this well Microsoft says it wants to study how we all use this new feature and that makes sense but it's also part of a growing trend in the tech industry of offering beta versions of software so enthusiastic fans can test it out before it's released to the wider public remember Google's Gmail it was in beta from 2004 through 2009 even Apple the secret of iPhone maker offers a public beta version of its iOS software these days for iPhones iPads and the Apple watch it's good to see Microsoft come up with new ideas like sets and even more interesting that the company says it may never release this feature for now Microsoft wants to see how we all use it first one thing's for sure as software gets ever more sophisticated companies are turning to us to be a bunch of testers to help make it work hopefully that means less bugs in the end though