What’s new in the Windows 10 Technical Preview 5?

Windows will update from version 10.0.9926 to 10.0.10041 after launching this update.

Desktop

• You can now drag windows to another desktop in the Task View
• Task View has been updated with a new interface
• You can now choose to display all active apps from all desktops in the taskbar, or only the apps that are on the current desktop
• The start button now has a smaller Windows logo and a new hover design
• When clicking on the network icon, a new window shows up to manage your connection without opening Settings
• The window preview in the taskbar has been updated with a new design
• Multiple icons have been updated
• When the taskbar is small, the date will still be visible

Start

• The start menu now can be made transparent
• You can now pin tiles by draging apps from the “All apps” list to the start screen
• “Places” no longer have icons, and the “Places” title has been removed
• The “All apps” icon has been changed
• You can now put the PC to sleep with the power button in start
• Folders now have an arrow to indicate that they contain a dropdown
• Internet Explorer isn’t listed in the “All apps” list
• Tiles can now be changed (format, etc) with touch, similar to Windows Phone

Internet Explorer

• Internet Explorer has been updated to version 11.0.10011
• Improvements to the Edge render engine
  • CSS
    • Conditional Rules
    • Gradient Midpoints
  • User input
    • Date related input types
    • Touch Events
  • Multimedia
    • Web Audio API
  • Misc
    • ARAI Landmark Roles
    • Fullscreen API
  • DOM
    • DOM Level 3 XPath
  • Improved support for ECMAScript 6
  • Improved support for FeBlend mode
  • Improved support for CSS3 standards
  • Improved support for HTML5 standards
• New flags have been added to about:flags
• You can now send a smily face

Features

• The lock screen now shows icons in the bottom right corner, instead of under the clock
• The login screen has been redesigned
• You can now print to PDF natively
• You can now install apps from and move apps to an SD card
• Context menus now have a touch-friendly design when using a touch screen (and a redesign in general)
• Cortana is now available in China, the UK, France, Italy, Germany, and Spain
• The Text Input canvas has been improved

Installation

• The installation UI has been updated
• The installation now shows a percentage that is a total of the full installation, rather then a percentage for each step
• Cortana now gets introduced during installation
• It’s now more clear how to make a new Microsoft Account, or how to use a local account

Apps

• Photos
  • The Live Tile is now integrated with OneDrive
  • Improved performance
  • Support for RAW files
  • Support for keyboard shortcuts
• Reading List
  • Reading List now notifies you of its Windows Phone counterpart
• Windows Store beta
  • Small changes to the UI in general
• OneNote
  • OneNote Preview is now the default version and no longer requires an update to be installed to show up
• Settings
  • There are new app management tools
  • You can now return to your previous Windows installation from within the Settings app’s Recovery settings
  • Regular Win32 apps are now also displayed in with the WinRT apps in the Settings
  • UI items have been refreshed
  • You can now choose to receive updates through P2P
  • Windows Defender settings have been added
  • You can now choose the behavior of the Tablet mode switch
  • You can now pin settings the the startscreen
• Windows Feedback
  • The Feedback app now has an improved interface
  • The category a feedback item belongs to is now displayed above that feedback item
• Insider Hub
  • You can now track the feedback you’ve given
• Scan
  • The Scan app has been revamped

And further

• Loading screens for Restarting, Shutting down, etc. have been redesigned