chickdigger802
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weird thought it was tuesday lol.
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Windows 8 / RT |OT|
- Thread starter Jzero
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weird thought it was tuesday lol.
Anyone using a Logitech T650?
List of Windows 8 gestures.
Looks pretty great for a my HTPC. Three finger swipe down to bring up the desktop would be a godsend.
List of Windows 8 gestures.
Looks pretty great for a my HTPC. Three finger swipe down to bring up the desktop would be a godsend.
Jzero
Member
yn-neko hates a cat
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I've been thinking about getting a trackpad and would like something multi-touch that would over almost the same level of precision as a digitizer but even with that... It'll take god himself to get me to part with my PerformanceMX on the desktop <3
Finally bought my IEEE subscription. Can't believe that I'll get a total of 4 Windows 8 keys from them
I'm probably going to give some away for free on here. I have no need for four keys. Four keys!
Dead Prince
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i'll take the 64bit english key.
brotkasten
Member
I'd like one too.
yn-neko hates a cat
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Give me one today and I'll give it forward once my stuff clears with IEEE
ok ok no more asking. When I get then I'll let you know.
doh!
Marty Chinn
Member
Why isn't right click done with just two fingers push anywhere? Right click looks awkward.
Jzero
Member
ok ok no more asking. When I get then I'll let you know.
You should keep two just in case you decide to build a separate computer at some point.
Also you should give them to people that actually really want them, make them prove it!
Dead Prince
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c4k
yn-neko hates a cat
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It's going to suck in general if the market starts fragmenting gestures like this.
yn-neko hates a cat
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Did you guys know this (MS compatibility site: seems to be crowd-sourced) existed? I had no idea O_O
Used it to lookup Wacom Cature Tablet I saw on Newegg.
Used it to lookup Wacom Cature Tablet I saw on Newegg.
LukasTaves
Member
That's a little bogus... My printer (canon ip4600) is marked as compatible, but it isn't (No automatic driver, and when i try to install the driver for Win7 it says it doesn't recognize the printer and won't install)... I managed to get it working by manually installing a similar printer driver, but i can even enable all options my printer supports (Some paper sizes are missing, no reverse order printing, no duplex printing, and no grouping copies together)... I can print basic stuff, but wouldn't call that as compatible...
Specially because it's marked as no action required which definitely wasn't the case.
Ëdit: Though, on both developer and consumer preview it did worked just by plugging it in... I didn't tried Release Preview, jumped straight to RTM...
Steelyuhas
Member
Damn just got hit with 6 updates: MetroTwit, Music, Games, Smartglass, Wordament, and Netflix.
My touchpad on my laptop randomly doesn't work for some apps (doesn't work in Metrotwit or Onenote MX). Anyone else have this issue?
Jzero
Member
Did it happen after updating the apps?
Steelyuhas
Member
It's always happened with those specific apps. Before and after updates, tried uninstalling and reinstalling them and it still happened.
Does your touchpad not work at all? I've found that two-finger scrolling usually doesn't work in Metro apps.
Steelyuhas
Member
Works fine in everything by those specific apps. I had to install a driver manually for the touchpad though, the touchpad didn't work with just drivers provided by Windows Update.
jossueinacoma
Member
i'll take a key if one is available from anyone
Jzero
Member
Dude that's like one of the most essential things to know. It also works in the store.
Edit: weird i thought i mentioned it in the OP. I'll add it later.
Ha!
Knowing that now, it is essential to know.
EDIT: I should add that, yes, I knew this for Windows 7 and Vista, but I didn't know they kept it for Windows 8 for the Start Screen.
i have a feeling a neogaf application would pass certification, considering stuff like this is in the store. ReddHub (http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/8b904a61-56d1-4360-b281-fd5bb8f50930)
The new music app is actually really good... but I did have one odd thing happen. About 200 new albums showed up in my collection (that I used to have and it seems to be increasing) but when I started win8 I decided to clear it out and start from scratch so there was nothing there initially. Guess it already had matched some stuff from the zune client.
Had a funny issue come up (easily resolved): I uninstalled the Music app to attempt solving an issue (album art not coming up), and when I went to the app page on the Store, it said:
"Sorry, this app can't be installed because your PC doesn't meet the minimum system requirements."
I went to My Apps and re-installed it from there.
"Sorry, this app can't be installed because your PC doesn't meet the minimum system requirements."
I went to My Apps and re-installed it from there.
Jzero
Member
That's what i said yesterday. Reddit has like 12 different apps.
hrm, I was hoping to be able to control my windows 8 pc from phone/tablet.
Steelyuhas
Member
Been streaming some albums for the last few hours (for free), very nice. It all works pretty well. The UI could still use some work, I'm still not a fan of the now playing functions being in the app bar, and it's looks pretty bland in general, but the functionality is pretty solid.
One thing that's nice is it uses less CPU to play music than any other music client I've used before (including Zune).
I don't think they want you using your windows 8 pc as a HTPC, they want you to buy an xbox. Anyway, there are plenty of applications to control your PC on iOS and Andriod. Hippo Remote Pro is good on iOS. (also you can always use XBMC on your PC, there are plenty of XBMC remote applications on phones and tablets).
...and suddenly IE on the Xbox makes sense.
Are you able to stream music from your personal library or does the music need to come from the Xbox music store?
Steelyuhas
Member
You can search any music and listen to any full songs, full albums, or create your own custom streaming playlists as well.
Haha, yes it does.
Wiktor
Member
Yeah, leave it to MS to take a great idea and shoot it in the foot just because they're scared of blurring the lines between divisions
Damon Bennet
Member
Smartglass actually makes me want to go back to xbox again. But only next gen, I don't see a reason to re-enter xbox in the end of its life-cycle. Smartglass rubs the right gimmick-loving areas of my brain
brotkasten
Member
I think it's neat and if I still had an Xbox, I'd probably use it, but it's nothing that makes me want to buy an Xbox. The presentation is nice, but doesn't beat XBMC in terms of functionality and XBMC Commander for iPad is just too good.
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Deleted member 1235
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I really like where they are going.
I'm a plex user though, so it's gonna be a hard sell. But I respect them for trying. I have a feeling they will continue to ignore the 'it plays all formats' godliness of xbmc/plex with the next xbox release though and try and force everyone into paid streaming for everything, which means they will continue to fail to grab the techie nerd section of the market completely for media playback.
Damon Bennet
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I'd like them to make Xbox Live Gold a Microsoft wide feature. Maybe a tiered system that includes the standard xbox services but then a higher grade that includes xbox music streaming and then one with netflix like movie streaming.
With that they could get users to stay in their ecosystem and it would improve the value and name of live gold greatly
Delusibeta
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I can't help but feel that'll result in non-Xbox users getting pissed off more than anything else.
Tech sites are now reporting on the Skype app. Looks pretty integrated.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=lJQWJnnQzYU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=lJQWJnnQzYU