3.1-kun: Difference between revisions

Windows 3.1 was the direct successor to Windows 3.0. 3.0 began life in 1989 when a batch of programmers for Microsoft decided to cobble together a protected-mode Windows as a side project. The company executives liked the project, and improvements such as the first stirrings of multitasking, the Program and File Managers, Protected Modes, and Solitaire. 3.0 was also the first with 16-bit capabilities, and was released on May 22nd, 1990. 3.1 took these features and improved upon them, including adapting the later 3.0 version Windows 3.0 with Multimedia Extensions 1.0. 3.1 also began supporting 32-bit applications, but due to this dropped one of the protected modes introduced in 3.0 (the "real" mode). 3.1 was more stable over its earlier form, crashing less and supporting greater colours, more detailed icons that could be dragged and dropped, and multimedia support. 3.1 was also the first Microsoft OS to be available on CD-ROM, and have versions available in foreign languages (such as Cyrillic characters, Kanji, and Simplified Chinese).