For Microsoft? The only reason we are talking about Blue features is because it got leaked. I know the windows phone team are adapting this policy.
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For Microsoft? The only reason we are talking about Blue features is because it got leaked. I know the windows phone team are adapting this policy.
Nice. Will update later.
Steelyuhas
Member
Just forced updated them. I also got a Smartglass update earlier today.
Anton Sugar
Member
Same. Still wish they would just add a "flag" icon in the upper right--plenty of room without it looking crammed. Oh well, it's much more functional now.
Wait, how do you force update with Windows 8?
Anton Sugar
Member
In ENGLISH, doc!
Steelyuhas
Member
Open the Store -> Settings charm -> App updates -> Check for updates
That's amazing.
I see the MS Windows staple games got updates as well. Minesweeper, Taptiles, Solitaire, and Mahjong. I have gotten every single daily challenge in Minesweeper since it was released. Lately, the video ad that plays for XBox Music always cuts off before they finish saying what they are advertising for, "On XBox Mu.."
Gotcha. Thanks. It wasn't fake though, at least not the fact that the apps got updates, I looked it up in my event log as well. There were definitely updates that were pushed within the last two weeks(I don't remember the exact day the log on my Surface said it was received), but I am not sure why they assumed that the updates meant something bigger was coming down the pipe.
Gotcha. Thanks. It wasn't fake though, at least not the fact that the apps got updates, I looked it up in my event log as well. There were definitely updates that were pushed within the last two weeks(I don't remember the exact day the log on my Surface said it was received), but I am not sure why they assumed that the updates meant something bigger was coming down the pipe.
Robobandit
Member
Now they need to update Music and the rest of the apps.
Gmail is still fine
Sniper McBlaze
Member
Any games you can recommend? I've been browsing the store and it mostly looks like a big turd fest.
yggdrasill
Member
I wish Microsoft would add in more screen savers.
Wait, why does the update screw the synchronization with Google Calendar? I've heard people talking about this but I don't think I've seen an explanation what's the cause of it.
Because if that's true, then the Calendar app becomes useless for me. :/ I loved that I could keep one calendar at both my android smartphone and win8 laptop with it being automatically synchronized.
Because if that's true, then the Calendar app becomes useless for me. :/ I loved that I could keep one calendar at both my android smartphone and win8 laptop with it being automatically synchronized.
What? You don't like blank screen?
Google dropped exchange active sync for free Gmail accounts.
Mikey Jr.
Member
Just got my new pc with win 8. It is....hard. I feel like i am retraining my brain, for no real payoff. Everything seems hidden. I could not find where to turn off my computer. I had to move my mouse to the edhe of the screen, choose settings, power, then shut off.Had to go online to find that.
Not only that, but every edge of my screen pops something up. Want to click the icon for firefox in the taskbar? Whoops, you scrolled to far, now a preview of metro has popped up, covering the icon. Want to click back and moved too far? Preview for your million tabs opened covering your button.
Also, why cant i close apps when im done with them? I have to scroll to the right and right click on them to close.
I know this probably has been said a million times, but i want a start menu. Just something quick and easy. The tiles do nothing for me. Its neat looking, but its too many clicks, and too much aggravating stuff. Thinking about just buying that start8 and be done with the tiles altogether.
Not only that, but every edge of my screen pops something up. Want to click the icon for firefox in the taskbar? Whoops, you scrolled to far, now a preview of metro has popped up, covering the icon. Want to click back and moved too far? Preview for your million tabs opened covering your button.
Also, why cant i close apps when im done with them? I have to scroll to the right and right click on them to close.
I know this probably has been said a million times, but i want a start menu. Just something quick and easy. The tiles do nothing for me. Its neat looking, but its too many clicks, and too much aggravating stuff. Thinking about just buying that start8 and be done with the tiles altogether.
Alx
Member
My advice : just take the time to customize your system to your needs. Remove the tiles you don't use, add some for the software you use everyday, group them by types and/or frequency of use, set their size and disposition to what looks logical to you... (and don't forget the taskbar and desktop shortcuts for really fast access, too).
In the end everything you really need will be just one click away.
You will get used to it, but if you're opposed to learning a new OS then just install win7.
Windows 8, out of the box, is horrible for mouse use. You definitely should buy Start8, it's a great product that restores usability for Windows 8 on the desktop.
If you are interested in using Modern Apps, also take a gander at Stardock's ModernMix
I'm not sure what you mean about closing apps, it is done the same way it always has been? If you're talking about Metro apps, you don't need to close them as they aren't taking up resources. Let the OS handle it for you.
You kind of do have a start menu, I think you just need to put what you're interested in on there and start getting used to using the keyboard more than you did before. I find it much faster to launch apps with the start screen than with your standard Windows XP start menu, and roughly equivalent to the Windows Vista and Windows 7 ones, with the exception of searching for files or settings. I mean... "Start Button -> chr -> Enter" launches Chrome for me. Doesn't really get any easier than that.
I think you should try and use it a while and see if you can get the hang of it. This is the direction they are going to be heading from here on out, so don't fight it unless you really can't get used to it.
It shows in mine, just checked.
Should be, I have my Yahoo mail set up.
Anybody get the music update yet? Curious how many of the issues it fixes (won't be near my surface until I get off work)
http://www.neowin.net/news/xbox-music-app-updated-brings-various-improvements
http://www.neowin.net/news/xbox-music-app-updated-brings-various-improvements
Cool. Performance improvements will be greatly appreciated, will see if there really are any when I get home from work today.
Praise the lord for "View filtering" in the updated Xbox Music app. It gives the equivalent of the WP8 jump list. That was probably the most necessary thing ever, considering how slow it was to scroll through a large collection.
http://winsupersite.com/windows-8/windows-8rt-app-update-xbox-music
http://winsupersite.com/windows-8/windows-8rt-app-update-xbox-music
brotkasten
Member
Not fast enough!
Anton Sugar
Member
Thank god. Mind-boggling exclusion.
Huh, who would I go to to troubleshoot why it isn't? Could it because I'm in Canada for some odd reason?
Cool. Taking stuff from WP.
Screw that Alt+F4 fo life.
brotkasten
Member
I'm freaking out a little.
freaking out a lot
An iPad mini clone with Windows 8 and pen support just became not only possible, but also more useful.
I'm pretty sure you can do that. I know you can do four app snaps. Think they said it requires a higher resolution than 1920x1080 though.
all the rumors have been that this update would bring smaller devices, looks like its turning out to be true. I guess we should expect a surface mini in October.
IIRC you could do that in Developer Preview too. I have a notebook that runs on 1280x800px resolution and I was able to snap apps back then. I have no idea why they change it with CP onwards.