当微软(Microsoft)创建Windows 8时，他们不得不放弃旧的控制面板(Control Panel)并继续创建一种配置我们设备的新方法，这种方法也可以在平板电脑和其他小屏幕设备上使用。控制面板(Control Panel)的工作还不错(job okay)，但它是基于一种非常古老的设计，这种设计已经在Windows中使用了很多年。与控制面板(Control Panel)相比，Windows 8的PC 设置(PC Settings)应用程序转而使用更简单的设计(simpler design)。这让你的Windows无论您使用什么设备，设置都更具可读性和更易于配置。但是，Windows 8和Windows 8.1的(Windows 8.1)PC 设置(PC Settings)应用程序还有很大的改进空间。在Windows 10以及以后的Windows 10周年更新(Anniversary Update)中，您拥有迄今为止最好的设置(Settings)应用程序。以下是我们喜欢新的设置(Settings)应用程序的最重要原因：
1.干净，触摸友好的设计
在带有周年更新的(Anniversary Update)Windows 10中发现的设置(Settings)应用程序的最新版本比其所有以前的版本设计得更好。微软(Microsoft)投入了大量精力，通过使用干净简单的设计来使设置(Settings)应用程序非常有用，主要基于使用开关来打开或关闭(Off)可用设置。您会发现该应用程序在触摸和非触摸设备上都易于(app easy)使用，因为随处可用的开关以及没有无用的视觉装饰并且所有主要部分都按逻辑组织的事实。
2. 易于导航
Windows 10周年更新(Anniversary Update)的最新设置(Settings)应用程序整齐地组织成不同的类别和选项子类别。当您启动该应用程序时，其主(Home)屏幕会以一组磁贴欢迎您，每个磁贴代表一个设置类别。一旦您进入这些类别之一，您通常会使用清晰描述的设置，并拆分为您可以从窗口左侧选择的各个部分。一切都在那里 - 易于触及且易于理解。
3. 易于理解
与传统的控制面板(Control Panel)，甚至是Windows 8和 8.1 中的(Windows 8)PC 设置(PC Settings)应用程序不同，您可以在Windows 10的(Windows 10)设置(Setting)应用程序中找到的设置通常非常清楚它们的作用。
使用的首字母缩略词很少，并且通常对设置进行了很好的解释。
4. 易于搜索
如果您安装了Windows 10(Windows 10)周年更新(Anniversary Update)，您会发现“设置”(Settings)应用现在有一个搜索字段(search field)，当您输入设置类别时，该搜索字段位于应用主屏幕(home screen)的顶部中央和窗口的左上角. 这些位置使搜索功能(search feature)易于访问。由于搜索会立即为您提供包含您可能想要更改的设置的结果，因此使用搜索可能会成为您浏览“设置”(Settings)应用程序时最喜欢的方式。
如果您想详细了解如何在Windows 10的新(Windows 10)设置(Settings)应用中快速导航和搜索内容，请查看这篇文章：如何在 Windows 10 的“设置”应用中快速查找任何(Windows 10)设置(Settings app)。
5. 比以往更多的控制
安装Windows 10周年更新(Anniversary Update)后获得的设置(Settings)应用程序提供了比以往更多的设置，并且无需转到旧的控制面板(Control Panel)即可找到要配置的内容，因为Windows 10迁移了许多设置到新的设置(Settings)应用程序。不仅如此，新的设置应用程序还包括许多在(Settings)Windows 10或旧Windows版本中从未提供过的新设置。
例如，在带有周年更新的(Anniversary Update)Windows 10的(Windows 10)设置(Settings)应用程序中，您现在会发现：
- 有关您安装的应用程序和桌面程序的(apps and desktop programs)存储使用情况的信息。(storage usage)
- 重置不再希望正常工作的应用程序的能力。
- 从操作中心管理(Action center)快速操作(Quick actions)的更好方法。
- 设备上配置的网络的新状态(Status)部分。
- 新的个性化(New personalization)设置。例如任务栏(Taskbar)设置或暗模式。
- 用户帐户设置现在都可以在“设置”(Settings)应用程序中使用。
等等等等。在新的“设置”(Settings)应用程序中添加或更改了许多内容，使其比以往任何时候都更好，并且现在让您比过去拥有更多的控制权。
结论
这些是我们认为与Microsoft在周年更新(Anniversary Update)中从Windows 10对“设置”(Settings)应用程序所做的更改最相关的内容。还有其他你非常喜欢的变化吗？不要犹豫，在下面的评论部分与我们分享。
5 Things we love about the new Settings app in Windows 10
When Microsоft creаted Windows 8, they had to let go of the old Control Panel and move on to creating a new way of configuring our devices, one that could also be used on tablets and other small screen devices. The Control Panel was doing its job okay, but it was based on a very old design, one that's been in Windows for many years. The PC Settings app from Windows 8 turned to using a much simpler design in comparison with the Control Panel. And that made your Windows settings a lot more readable and easier to configure, regardless of the devices you were using. However, the PC Settings app from Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 had a lot of room for improvement. In Windows 10 and, later on, in the Anniversary Update for Windows 10, you have the best Settings app yet. Here are the most important reasons why we love the new Settings app:
1. Clean, touch-friendly design
The latest iteration of the Settings app, found in Windows 10 with Anniversary Update is much better designed than all its previous versions. Microsoft invested a lot of effort into making the Settings app very usable, by using a clean and simple design, based mostly on using switches for turning the available settings On or Off. You'll find the app easy to use both on touch and non-touch devices, due to the switches available everywhere and due to the fact that there are no useless visual adornments and all the major sections are logically organized.
2. Easy to navigate
The latest Settings app from Windows 10 Anniversary Update is neatly organized into different categories and subcategories of options. When you launch the app, its Home screen welcomes you with a set of tiles that each represent a category of settings. Once you get inside one of these categories, you are usually going to work with settings that are clearly described and split into various sections that you can select from the left side of the window. Everything is there - easy to reach and easy to understand.
3. Easy to understand
Unlike the traditional Control Panel , or even the PC Settings app from Windows 8 and 8.1, the settings you'll find inside the Setting app from Windows 10 are usually very clear about what they do.
There are very few acronyms used and the settings are generally well explained.
4 . Easy to search
If you installed the Anniversary Update for Windows 10, you will find that the Settings app now has a search field that sits in the top center of the app's home screen and on the top left side of the window, when you enter a category of settings. These locations make the search feature easy to access. Because search instantly offers you results with the settings that you're likely to want to chang e, using search will probably become your favorite way of going through the Settings app.
If you'd like to find more about the ways you can quickly navigate and search for things in the new Settings app from Windows 10, check this article: How to quickly find any setting in the Settings app from Windows 10.
5. More control than ever before
The Settings app you get after installing the Anniversary Update for Windows 10 offers more settings than ever before and there's a much less need to go to the old Control Panel in order to find what you want to configure, because Windows 10 migrated lots of its settings to the new Settings app. Not only that, but the new Settings app also includes a lot of new settings that were never available in Windows 10, or in older Windows versions.
For instance, in the Settings app from Windows 10 with Anniversary Update, you will now find:
- Information about the storage usage of the apps and desktop programs you installed.
- The ability to reset apps that no longer want to work as they should.
- A better way to manage the Quick actions from the Action center.
- A new Status section for the networks configured on your device.
- New personalization settings. Taskbar settings or dark mode for instance.
- The user accounts settings are all available in the Settings app now.
And so on, and so on. There are many things that have been added or changed in the new Settings app, making it better than ever before and giving you more control now than it has in the past.
Conclusion
These are the things we consider most relevant about the changes Microsoft brought to the Settings app from Windows 10, in the Anniversary Update. Are there any other changes that you like a lot? Don't hesitate to share them with us in the comments section below.
