Opus Angelorum
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Windows 8 / RT |OT|
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Agree.
TheLaughingStock
Member
I doubt anyone will be tired until Windows 9 makes it clear MS is insistent on convergence. More interested in Apple n Google's eventual take.
Steelyuhas
Member
Nothing is confirmed, but all signs point to "Blue" being free.
I had to reinstall 8, nothing was working properly anymore - still no idea why.
Something was def. wrong with the user account stuff.
Of course it will be.
Something was def. wrong with the user account stuff.
Of course it will be.
So I'm evaluating a Windows 8 Pro tablet from Dell for work. Is it possible to replace the default Windows 8 onscreen keyboard with something that sucks less? E.g. it would be nice to have a long press on the top row bring up numbers (e.g. long press q = 1, long press w = 2 etc).
On the plus side, I like that it seems to be able to mount ISO images as some sort of virtual DVD drive, I just downloaded the Volume License version of Office 2013 from MS's VLSC and it's installing straight on now.
Also, how do I right-click when using a touchscreen?
On the plus side, I like that it seems to be able to mount ISO images as some sort of virtual DVD drive, I just downloaded the Volume License version of Office 2013 from MS's VLSC and it's installing straight on now.
Also, how do I right-click when using a touchscreen?
On desktop long press for right click. In metro it is a swipe down on an object. There is a full touch keyboard that looks exactly like a real one. Think you have to enable it in the settings and then when using the keyboard click the button in the lower right to switch to it,
No more google calendar sync though :/
Alx
Member
Do you have many apps running in the background ? Mine is still fine but as I was installing several programs this week-end and each one of them was asking me if I wanted to let them be active when hidden, I was wondering if it would hit the performances sooner or later...
Is that true ? That sucks, I was only using it to connect to my work calendar which uses google (not that I use it that much, but adding a new entry at the end of a meeting is easier on a tablet than on a phone)
Anton Sugar
Member
Very interesting. Wonder how much of a pain that is to develop for, or maybe apps will only support certain snap states?
brotkasten
Member
"They're still less functional than the company's old desktop Windows Live Mail app, which remains troubling, because they provide such core functionality. However, this update is clearly a step in the right direction."
And this is why some people think Microsoft isn't moving fast enough.
TheLaughingStock
Member
Try turning off windows error reporting, disabling animations like minimize/maximize in system settings, and changing the paging file to the recommended amount.
Steelyuhas
Member
No update for the messaging app?
Damon Bennet
Member
Just got Logitech t650 touchpad for my desktop PC and this thing is amazing for Windows 8. Totally replaces the mouse for anything other than gaming. It's probably the best Windows touchpad that i have tested(very close to Apple touchpads) and it really makes W8 more usable with gestures that are make the metro stuff way easier to use than with mouse.
Very premium feeling product that i can easily recommend for any W8 user.
Very premium feeling product that i can easily recommend for any W8 user.
Delusibeta
Banned
Google Calendar sync was the only reason I used the Calender app, so if that's true I'm not upgrading.
Do you have less than 2GB of space left?
But it's a mail app. They're pretty simple. Peter Bright doesn't even list what's missing because he probably can't think of anything important he actually needs. Yeah Live Mail has more features, but most of it was bloat that no one uses anyway. Unified inbox is pretty much the only thing missing that anyone actually uses.
These updates have made Mail go from being completely useless to fully sufficient and something I can exclusively rely on.
brotkasten
Member
A unified inbox and drag-and-drop support is considered "bloat" now?
Why?
everthustodeadbeats
Member
If you can live with having the Windows calendar being read only from Google calendar (it updates from google calendar changes, but won't go the opposite way), you can add the ICS from google calendar to windows calendar.
That was good enough for me.
Automatic Application Updates
http://www.winbeta.org/news/windows...tically-update-your-modern-apps-windows-store
Official File Manager
http://www.winbeta.org/news/microsoft-indeed-working-modern-file-manager-app-windows-blue
Steelyuhas
Member
Automatic updates will be nice.
Anton Sugar
Member
REALLY liking what I'm seeing with Windows Blue--seems like it addresses a lot of pain points with Windows 8.
The marketing/publicity campaign (lol) is going to be interesting, with Windows 8 considered "damaged goods" in a lot of circles. This is a W8 OS update, right?
The marketing/publicity campaign (lol) is going to be interesting, with Windows 8 considered "damaged goods" in a lot of circles. This is a W8 OS update, right?
This is what we are led to believe.
Jzero
Member
I hope blue fixes most of the performance bugs.
Mail, Calendar, and People apps update tomorrow.
http://blogs.windows.com/windows/b/...endar-and-people-apps-are-getting-better.aspx
http://blogs.windows.com/windows/b/...endar-and-people-apps-are-getting-better.aspx
I'm ready for Blue. Isn't Blue supposed to introduce regular update cycles in the same way iOS and Android roll them out? I'm pretty sure that's rumored right?
Damon Bennet
Member
yes. regular update cycles for both Windows 8 and Windows Phone
Which I really can't wait for!
Have you played around with the XBox Music and XBox Video updates?
DrPizza is an idiot. Always so negative.
95%+ of people don't need much functionality in a mail app. With the new update the mail app should be sufficient for those users. I think it may even be a good thing that the mail app is simpler and more minimalistic as Windows Live Mail.
If someone needs more than that, they can still use Windows Live Mail or Outlook.
Personally, I mainly use Outlook.com. While notifications and live tiles would be nice, it works really well and does everything I need.
I don't know if they exist so I definitely haven't used them.
The story that appeared last week about the apps being "ready to install" in the event log was pretty likely to be a fake. That isn't the way app updates work on the system, there's no reason why they would show up as "ready to install" before they're released to the world. It is easy to get any machine into that state by simply installing Windows 8 brand new or creating a new user account and having available updates automatically download in the background (but not install)
This announcement today seems like a coincidence.
I'm new be nice
Member
The update seems okay. "Metro" is so far off to the side of regular windows functionality that most of this stuff is pretty useless to a desktop user such as myself.
I would have liked to see better metro app management, it still feels limited, even with the ability to snap 4 apps together. I should be able to handle these apps like regular windows.
I would have liked to see better metro app management, it still feels limited, even with the ability to snap 4 apps together. I should be able to handle these apps like regular windows.
The future is mobile and windows 8 is being designed with that in mind. I do wish windows would run without background limitations when plugged up though.
About 2.4 gigs right now. Is that a common issue?
Windows 8 was born mobile.
You might see some slower performance if you have less than 2GB left.
dLMN8R explain this, please.
I still don't know what this "Blue" thing is that everyone's referring to, but if a hypothetical new Windows release were to be in development right now on the rumored schedule, he's generally correct that the first development milestone would have just finished, and also generally that the first development milestone would be used to lay the groundwork for more major features coming in later development milestones.
Damon Bennet
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brotkasten
Member
It's amazing how this whole software development thing works.