On Monday, Microsoft announced its `Windows Blue' software version, which is an upgrade to the last October-released Windows 8 OS for desktops, laptops, and tablets; and will enhance the existing software with the addition of a number of new features.

The improvements which Microsoft is bringing aboard the `Windows Blue' - which is apparently only a codename for the new software - are essentially a result of the feedback which the consumers have given to the Windows 8 software.

According to the information shared by Tami Reller - Microsoft's chief marketing officer and CFO for Windows - with ABC News, the improvements made in `Windows Blue' clearly indicate that Microsoft has been listening to the complaints of the Windows 8 users.

It is being speculated that though the new Windows version will retain the general Windows 8 design, it will probably bring back the Start Button; and will also add support for smaller-screened devices and other kinds of hardware.

For making some much-desired changes to the Windows 8 update, Microsoft gauged the actual user interaction with the software, along with online feedback, customer satisfaction, service data, and a host of other sources.

Noting that Windows 8 has laid a "great foundation," with "a lot to build on," Reller said: "When we set out to build Windows 8 we set ourselves up for a mobile computing change. All the changes were necessary to make that forward progress - adding the store, building out the store, adding apps and touch and an entire new user experience."