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Microsoft Announces Windows 10
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joeygreco1985
Member
My Surface Pro 1 doesn't do this, connects automatically every time
StudioTan
Hold on, friend! I'd love to share with you some swell news about the Windows 8 Metro UI! Wait, where are you going?
Yeah, on my SP3 it never connects, I have to do it manually ever time I turn on the screen. It also doesn't remember tablet mode if I turn it on without the keyboard attached.
Those people aren't real people.
Poodlestrike
Banned
Huh. I actually really like making the tabs a separate item on the taskbar while combining buttons. It lets me minimize, then switch to another tab from the taskbar.
There is a Windows Feedback App for this. Plus occasionally the Notification Tab pops up asking you for your feedback when you use a part of the OS.
Same thing happened to me, had to restart the laptop to reconnect to the net.
Also, the only major annoyance with the currently-broken video drivers in win10: no brightness controls for the laptop. So when Windows idles out, the screen is still at full brightness, and trying to open the laptop in a dark room is like opening the Ark of the Covenant.
Also, the only major annoyance with the currently-broken video drivers in win10: no brightness controls for the laptop. So when Windows idles out, the screen is still at full brightness, and trying to open the laptop in a dark room is like opening the Ark of the Covenant.
LukasTaves
Member
I used to think like that when all I used were desktops with big ass screens... But as I switched to a laptop, and then a tablet like surface pro as my mainly driver, having buttons combined becomes almost a need on those form factors.
But even then the feature is not useful as it sorts the tabs on a particular manner that doesn't match the tabs position XD
Poodlestrike
Banned
Ok, well, that makes sense, they are definitely more "touchable".
LukasTaves
Member
And, they are smaller, on a small screen it's easy to run out of space in the taskbar.
That's not much of an issue on the SP3 that kinda have a decent work space, but for non gaming laptops (that are always low res) and the surface pro 1 every inch of saved space counts
Maybe check you bios for any usb keyboard options
Chance Hale
Member
Is there any way to prevent my Surface Pro 2 from waking up from sleep instantly? Ie, I tap the power button or put the type cover up and it'll act like it's going to sleep but within a second or two the screen is back. Drains the already shorted battery even faster.
Banjo-Kazooie
Member
Anyone else getting a bug where it says on the strore page that a certain game or application is "Owned" (despite not actually owning it), and when you click on it, it shows the price to buy it on that screen? It should be showing the price on the preview where the words "Owned" are
Xbox app should soon be receiving regular monthly updates on Win10 (I'm waiting for streaming!)
https://twitter.com/XboxQwik/status/562458836095602688
https://twitter.com/XboxQwik/status/562459422199267332
Xbox app should soon be receiving regular monthly updates on Win10 (I'm waiting for streaming!)
https://twitter.com/XboxQwik/status/562458836095602688
https://twitter.com/XboxQwik/status/562459422199267332
LukasTaves
Member
I hope for the love of God that the icons shown here are just from a really crappy 3rd party shell installed.
http://winbeta.org/news/leaked-scre...0009-reveal-updated-recycle-bin-icon-and-more
I mean, they can't possibly think any of those new icons look any good, right?
http://winbeta.org/news/leaked-scre...0009-reveal-updated-recycle-bin-icon-and-more
I mean, they can't possibly think any of those new icons look any good, right?
Christ those look bad.
lastflowers
Banned
most certainly placeholder images
Jzero
Member
A lot of those are actually in build 9926, so those images are probably real. No wonder they kept the vista icons for so long haha
It doesn't look THAT bad.
They turned onedrive to shit... damn unlimited storage!
LukasTaves
Member
They removed smart files temporarily because that meant having many sync engines for different platforms, and they were having some troubles with it. In favor of a unified engine that's going to be used on all platforms for consumers and business users, and that eventually will bring features of smart files back.
I personally like that change. Smart files worked great for me during 8.1 preview, but since release it was almost broken... Onedrive was using a lot of CPU to process files even when there were minor changes, on demanding syncing was terrible since it was throttled to 355 KB/s, and ton of crashes even when the file had been downloaded.
Having to have free space sucks, but at least now it's working. When I updated from 8.1 to 10 i had about 9GB of files that were literally sitting on their asses to be synced for over 2 months, and when I updated to win10 at evening by the other day's morning the files were already synced.
LukasTaves
Member
The recycle bin, the this PC and the drive icons? (Which are the new ones, the other are already on current preview)
infinityBCRT
Member
They do look quite bad. Should've stuck to the Windows 8 metro icon style.
Syphon Filter
Member
Those icons are obviously not final,looks very rudimentary. I do wonder why did they even bother changing them when the other placeholders looked more pleasing to the eye.
LukasTaves
Member
Yeah... Granted, it's not that useless because they are going to keep updating and listening to feedback even after Win10 launches, but seeing how far behind our current build is it does make me question the usefulness of our feedback for the first release... We either are giving feedback on stuff that's already fixed, or that won't have time to be adjusted til launch...
AlteredForms
Banned
Anybody got a release date/sensible estimation on this?
Is it running Intel Wireless? I've had this problem with every Dell and Lenovo laptop I've purchased for work in the past year. The only fix is uninstalling the drivers and installing older ones. Works perfectly after that.
:/
At this point I think I prefer they leave those Vista icons intact. Windows 10 isn't as flat as 8, so they wouldn't clash that much. And all those new icons are ugly. Even documents, images and videos folders that are in the currently released version look bad.
What happened to Microsoft's icon artists? Vista icons were beautiful.
LukasTaves
Member
Any way to retrieve a un submitted feedback on the feedback app? It popped up with a question but then crashed, and I can't find a way to bring it back.
There's probably a running project for devs of teams get picked to make icons for different builds, so no one gets tired of job responsibility.
Not everyone is a great drawing artist.
HarryDemeanor
Member
Fall 2015 at the very least.
RTM versions will probably be going out around August.
Chance Hale
Member
Can you no longer stream a metro app's video feed to the xbox one?
CreepingFear
Member
At some point, she will probably get some warning like "in 30 days, the preview will expire and the os will not be usable" or something. Sometimes, people use registry hacks to keep using, but it's not recommended because she'll most likely be unable to get security updates. Yes, it will lock her out of booting into it. Windows 10 will be free to upgrade for the first year if she has 7 or 8 and I wouldn't be surprised if it's offered at a cheap discount at first as well. No reason to keep the preview version. I wouldn't worry about it for now since it will most likely be about another 6 months before the preview ends and the stable release is available to the public.
Installed Windows 10 TP earlier and played around with it. I know it's a preview build but man, the icons were terrible. The OS itself isn't as snappy as Windows 8.1. The start menu is finally back but looks terrible. Everything looks flat. The title bar with the minimize, restore/maximize, and close buttons looks ugly. Rolled back to Windows 8.1 this afternoon. I'll wait for the final build.
I really miss Aero.
I really miss Aero.
Is anyone else having an issue with their account name not displaying at the top of the Start Menu next to the account picture? It only display my Microsoft Account email. I've submitted feedback through the app, but was just curious if anyone here had a possible fix. It's not a big deal, but it bugs me.
Dead Prince
Banned
the second screen works now. did the latest update. uninstalled the driver and software and installed whatever they pushed when i did the windows update. idk if it'll work if i restart but it works now.
talk about gaudy uh. I'm not so sure about that being placeholder, they've actually made these and integrated these, why even bother if it's placeholder? there were already placeholders, old icons. :\
hipbabboom
Huh? What did I say? Did I screw up again? :(
I refuse to believe that's final... it does nothing to match the aesthetics of other near final UI icons elsewhere such as the task bar, system menus, control panel or notification center. There's no way they would launch with such a design inconsistency. NEVER!
That's why you hire artists to design icons.
Especially after Vista which has really consistent icons design. There is even a detailed design guidelines about creating icons for Windows Vista: which icons should be in 3D (use perspective) and which should be flat; where should the light source be put (top left corner, in front of the object) and how should the object on the icon cast a shadow, etc: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dn742485(v=vs.85).aspx
http://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-trademarks-windows-365
Interesting idea. I have been paying for Office 365 for over a year now and I like its approach a lot. The 5 installation limit and web-based administration is great.
Dunno how I'd feel about Windows following though.