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'''Windows 2.x''' is the second major version of [[Microsoft Windows]], released in 1987. It | '''Windows 2.x''' is the second major version of [[Microsoft Windows]], released in 1987 as a successor to [[Windows 1.0]]. It adds general support for overlapping windows, as opposed to the previous version which could only overlap dialog boxes while main windows were tiled. User experience with a keyboard was also improved with the implementation of keyboard shortcuts. Built-in applications were updated to implement the [[w:IBM Common User Access|Common User Access]] specification, which among others introduces the {{kbd|Alt|F4}} shortcut to close a window. Most of these changes were done to align Windows with the Presentation Manager, which shipped with [[OS/2 1.1]] around the same time. | ||
A separate version of Windows for [[w:i386|386]] systems branded as Windows/386, was also introduced, which takes advantage of the processor's [[w:Virtual 8086 mode|virtual 8086 mode]] to pre-emptively multitask [[MS-DOS]] applications. The original version running purely in real mode was rebranded to Windows/286 in later revisions, although it doesn't actually require a [[w:80286|286]] processor. | |||
The version enjoyed quite positive reviews and saw a considerably better adoption than its predecessor, with nearly two million copies sold by January 1990. An increasing number of Windows applications had been produced during its lifespan, including the first versions of Word and Excel for Windows. It was eventually replaced by [[Windows 3.0]] in May 1990. | |||
== | == History == | ||
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Windows 2.0 was planned since at least April 1985 and started development shortly after the completion of [[Windows 1.01]]. The initial plan was for a point release, version 1.1. One of the primary complaints from those who used Windows 1.0 was the tiled window management, which many users found confusing. To solve this, support for overlapping all kinds of windows was introduced (up to this point, only dialog boxes could overlap other windows). This was toggleable at first, but the option was then removed entirely as the environment moved to overlapping windows exclusively. | Windows 2.0 was planned since at least April 1985 and started development shortly after the completion of [[Windows 1.01]]. The initial plan was for a point release, version 1.1. One of the primary complaints from those who used Windows 1.0 was the tiled window management, which many users found confusing. To solve this, support for overlapping all kinds of windows was introduced (up to this point, only dialog boxes could overlap other windows). This was toggleable at first, but the option was then removed entirely as the environment moved to overlapping windows exclusively. | ||