Ribbon interface revealed in new Windows 8 screenshots

We’re still probably at least a year away from the launch of Windows 8, but already we’re starting to get a few trickles of information about Microsoft’s forthcoming operating system update.

Alongside a Windows Phone 7 style log-in screen, it looks like much of the interface will rely on the Ribbon-style controls previously seen in the lastest incarnation of the Office software suite. The shots also reveal a new File menu set-up.

It’s a long way off from completion yet (as illustrated by the strange gaps in the screenshots) but it’s a brief early taster of what to expect either way. Click below for some shots of Windows 8.

Via: Windows Within