Give me that and an Intel Bay Trail and I am there.
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Windows 8 / RT |OT|
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Give me that and an Intel Bay Trail and I am there.
Oh wow awesome.
Definitely needs a way of saving a layout and opening it all at once though.
brotkasten
Member
Awful, but not as bad as the big ones.
Yeah, maybe I'll get this sooner than expected: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=45871354&postcount=2002
The biggest thing missing that I haven't seen is the ability to have IE mobile in snapped view. (I believe someone was working on that but the APIs that he used were not allowed in metro).
And splitting IE tabs into 50/50 view etc..
And splitting IE tabs into 50/50 view etc..
as with all software development, time is probably the biggest hurdle. These updates have obviously been planned from the start.
Bornstellar
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infinityBCRT
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In addition to Blue they should do the following:
- Have support for windowing Metro Apps (like Modern mix) if you're using a mouse & keyboard
- Put the start button back if you're using a mouse & keyboard
- Scale the start screen down to 60% size when using a mouse & keyboard (not fullscreen; similar to Start8)
- Allow the ability to compile and run desktop apps on WinRT. And Visual Studio should be updated to compile universal binaries.
I think those things would fix 99% of the complaints of Windows 8/RT.
- Have support for windowing Metro Apps (like Modern mix) if you're using a mouse & keyboard
- Put the start button back if you're using a mouse & keyboard
- Scale the start screen down to 60% size when using a mouse & keyboard (not fullscreen; similar to Start8)
- Allow the ability to compile and run desktop apps on WinRT. And Visual Studio should be updated to compile universal binaries.
I think those things would fix 99% of the complaints of Windows 8/RT.
Meh Microsoft should leave the start menu and metro windowing to third party applications. For normal users I think the metro interface is better for them. Much simpler. If someone wants windowing metro apps and the start menu then they probably know how to find and download one of the many solutions out there.
infinityBCRT
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Its great in theory but people still shit all over Windows 8 and downgrade to Windows 7 because of these reasons-- they are creatures of habit. And a lot of enthusiasts who hate on Windows 8 end up influencing others who probably wouldn't mind the changes. Also, I think they need to open up desktop development on RT because its struggling. There are rumours of VERY high return rates for the surface because it doesn't run desktop apps.
killer rin
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Sooner or later a bunch of people will have to cave in and just deal with it though. When you sit back and think about it, Microsoft isn't bringing back the start menu and and they aren't going to remove metro. They'll just continue on this path whether you are for it or not. If people hate windows 8 because of those things, they wont be back in Windows 9, and come Windows 9 businesses will start upgrading to a new OS to keep support. Then comes Windows 10, and at this point pretty much most PC's will be on either Windows 8, 9 or 10. Eventually it will come to the point where its just not worth it to fight anymore. Well, either this or they go to Linux/Mac, but most of the mainstream will most likely stay on a Windows platform because that's what comes pre-installed with their computer.
Its a long term game and whether for good or bad is yet to be seen.
Alx
Member
The updated Xbox Music is nice, I can listen to a big part of my music at work through my tablet now. I thought I would have to run some sync from my laptop at home, but apparently I didn't need to.
Too bad not all of my music is available on their store, I can't access everything.
Too bad not all of my music is available on their store, I can't access everything.
LukasTaves
Member
Bornstellar
Member
Search has added web search functionality.
http://www.winbeta.org/news/microsoft-testing-new-search-charm-features-windows-blue
And download list and tracking protection in metro IE11.
http://www.winbeta.org/news/metro-ie11-includes-new-downloads-list-and-tracking-protection-features
Also
http://www.buildwindows.com/
http://www.winbeta.org/news/microsoft-testing-new-search-charm-features-windows-blue
And download list and tracking protection in metro IE11.
http://www.winbeta.org/news/metro-ie11-includes-new-downloads-list-and-tracking-protection-features
Also
http://www.buildwindows.com/
Games also chugged along, were you able to tell a difference in perf?
Not really. Couldn't tell a difference in all of the other ones either though.
Were you on a Surface RT?
I went home at lunch and grabbed my surface.... really happy with the music player now. Only been using it for a few hours but it's really smooth on surface now and the drm errors seem to be fixed now as well.
Would like to see them use the widescreen aspect ratio better when browsing songs but otherwise it's usable now.
No. Atom.
Ok, was it sluggish for you to begin with? On Surface RT, it was borderline unusable.
That's a nicely designed website. It seems unusual for the Xbox to be mentioned on there. With the conference happening after E3, I wonder if they'll be showing some sort of Windows Blue/Durango interactivity?
No it was fine.
bigtroyjon
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Xbox is the multimedia brand for Windows 8 and Windows Phone. Expected for it to be there and of course there will be interactivity, Smartglass for sure although I would expect other stuff as well.
Yeah, I was thinking more along the lines of being able to build apps for Durango. With the Kinect for Windows SDK already available, it'd be pretty great if they opened up Kinect 2 immediately, and allowed apps to be released that took advantage of the improved (kinect) hardware.
http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/redmond/projects/songsmith/
Anyone remember this?
Why isn't this an app already?
Anyone remember this?
Why isn't this an app already?
That because Microsoft's stupidity. Windows RT looks like a duck, quacks like a duck, but isn't a duck! Also those stupid dancing commercials don't tell the consumer a single thing about the product.
Wow, I really like a lot of the small changes in Xbox Music. Current playlist is finally shown right in-line in the now playing view instead of needing to show a flyout, and finally a way to sort by artist and then see albums by artist.....without a massive list of all albums.
Steelyuhas
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Small changes, fixes, and performance upgrades are nice for Music, but I still don't understand why clicking/taping 'Play Album' from my music doesn't take me to the Now Playing screen. I have to manually go there.
I think the list is per market. You should still be able to add it via "Other accounts"->IMAP, though.
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anyone know of a metro 'document browser' ?
my ceo is gonna want one, and 'microsoft reader' only shows pdf files. what if wants to read an excel file at the same time? needs a 'goodreader' type app.
my ceo is gonna want one, and 'microsoft reader' only shows pdf files. what if wants to read an excel file at the same time? needs a 'goodreader' type app.
Office 2013?
Seriously why would you want anything else (which would most likely **** up the formatting).
Also: http://www.theverge.com/2013/3/27/4152168/windows-blue-public-preview-build-developer-conference
Thank god.
Will be interested in how what the interface is to do this.
I was thinking about what improvements I would like to see to the Microsoft applications. Most of my issues seem to be solved with the new app updates or are in the pipeline for the os update.
Here are some that I thought of
Mail - unified mailbox would be nice. I like how wp does it. You can combine certain accounts and leave others separate.
Music - right now a I use a third party podcast client on wp and W8. (slapdash) If W8 had built in support then I would probably use the music player on both platforms. And the cool lockscreen photo stuff like on wp would be nice.
Skype - link contacts. Skype's contact list is all fucked up. It should do what the people app does and link accounts together.
Bing - I started using Bing lately because of the rewards. One thing annoying about the W8 app is no advanced search stuff. And I would love for it to be like the wp app with a local results page.
Store - small snap view would be nice.
Messenger - this thing needs Skype and room integration.
Basically bring all of the wp features to the W8 apps.
Here are some that I thought of
Mail - unified mailbox would be nice. I like how wp does it. You can combine certain accounts and leave others separate.
Music - right now a I use a third party podcast client on wp and W8. (slapdash) If W8 had built in support then I would probably use the music player on both platforms. And the cool lockscreen photo stuff like on wp would be nice.
Skype - link contacts. Skype's contact list is all fucked up. It should do what the people app does and link accounts together.
Bing - I started using Bing lately because of the rewards. One thing annoying about the W8 app is no advanced search stuff. And I would love for it to be like the wp app with a local results page.
Store - small snap view would be nice.
Messenger - this thing needs Skype and room integration.
Basically bring all of the wp features to the W8 apps.
Jzero
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Still buggy as hell.An update just popped up for the Games app: -
Jesus Carbomb
From Water into Guinness
Going from Zune Player to W8 Music seemed like such a downgrade to me.
Is there any reason I should switch to the new Music app? I'll admit to only messing around with it for a little bit before I went back to Zune as my default player.
Is there any reason I should switch to the new Music app? I'll admit to only messing around with it for a little bit before I went back to Zune as my default player.
Free Music
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?
I'm still paying $10 for my Zune subscription so there is no reason to use the music app for me. The Zune software is great, the music app still needs a lot of polish.
What do you mean free? You have to buy the pass.
brotkasten
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Xbox Music streaming was free for the first six months, I think.