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Windows 8 / RT |OT|
- Thread starter Jzero
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You've convinced me that this is the next thing I'm getting for my desktop. Seems like it'd speed things up a tad
Excellent
It's really good, especially if you also use the fill forms feature on LastPass. I've my credit card info stored there too, so I have set it up to ask for the master-password again when filling forms and it's a lot nicer to fill in forms with the swipe of the finger rather than having to enter a 28 letter password.
with gaming side's sudden interest in it I'm sure there will be a thread.
more of Xbox Music in Windows 8.1 https://t.co/xZoucf9e1K
and Search in Windows 8.1 https://t.co/lgQngOAdCQ
and Search in Windows 8.1 https://t.co/lgQngOAdCQ
yeah, pretty much. What time does the keynote start?
brotkasten
Member
If you guys make a thread, don't do it on the gaming side. You're going to kill them all with the boredom that is Build for them.
I will be very interested to see how music works on a surface RT. Xbox music has gotten better but its still horribly slow and unresponsive. The new app looks like it is very simplified so hopefully it means it will perform better.
Also will be curious to see if they talk about the web/ios/android apps.... they really should release everything at once.
funny since if you actually talk to some of these people in real life they haven't used it
José Mourinho
cocknose
8.1 tomorrow? Will it be an update to the current install or does it need to go on fresh?
Edit: either I see. Nice!
Edit: either I see. Nice!
Good news everybody! Microsoft tak-eth away, Microsft bring-eth back (probably in a more limited form):
http://www.theverge.com/2013/6/25/4461718/xbox-music-web-version-launch
http://www.theverge.com/2013/6/25/4461718/xbox-music-web-version-launch
brotkasten
Member
First an improved app and now web based streaming? If they keep up that pace, it will be on par with Zune in the next 1-2 years.
lastflowers
Banned
I want another zuneHD.
Instead, I just bought a 928 off contract
Instead, I just bought a 928 off contract
Jzero
Member
We don't need any more Windows 8 threads, they always end up the same haha
But but but.....the start button!
To be fair it wasn't the greatest. Once you had a playlist set up, it was brilliant, but the website was unbearably slow.
brotkasten
Member
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Couple videos showing off the start button and xbox music and store etc.. from server R2 preview which was released.
http://www.winbeta.org/news/video-check-out-start-button-and-more-windows-server-2012-r2-preview
http://www.winbeta.org/news/check-out-new-xbox-music-and-windows-store-windows-81-video
http://www.winbeta.org/news/video-check-out-start-button-and-more-windows-server-2012-r2-preview
http://www.winbeta.org/news/check-out-new-xbox-music-and-windows-store-windows-81-video
i can do it, but it wont be for a good few hours.
José Mourinho
cocknose
I'm ready for this update.
brotkasten
Member
Back to Start?
Restart
"yeah, but does it have instagram?"
LukasTaves
Member
The store is so much better. It makes it look like they haven't had time to finish the current one xD
Better not, it will only bring trolls and naysayers.
I don't feel like making it but here is a logo if anyone does:
I am also too lazy to make it transparent.
Meh. Spent 5 minutes at work doing this.
I'm sure someone can touch this up better than I can.
killer rin
Member
BUILD 2013 |OT| DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS
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?
The music app looks much much better. Maybe it'll make me finally stop using Zune but we'll see.
Does not look too good with the dark theme. Can use this old logo i guess. Just change the color if you want.Meh. Spent 5 minutes at work doing this.
I'm sure someone can touch this up better than I can.
Steelyuhas
Member
-Seeing the Store in motion really shows that it's a pretty massive improvement.
-Music looks nice, but still doesn't appear to take you to some sort of a 'Now Playing' automatically when you start playing something and search still takes you to the ugly gray screen instead coming up right in the new screen. I assume the last one is just due to a pre-release build, hopefully the first complaint will be changed as well.
brotkasten
Member
While it's cool that Microsoft is finally improving on search, it's a real bummer, that their Search Federation platform on the desktop never went anywhere. Probably because no one knew about it, which is a typical problem for Microsoft.
Search Federation is a feature in Windows 7 that allows you to hook external services into your desktop search. It was pretty cool, when done right. I wish Microsoft had expanded a bit more on it with Windows 8.
E: Long Zheng's Flickr search still works: http://www.istartedsomething.com/flickrsearch/
Search Federation is a feature in Windows 7 that allows you to hook external services into your desktop search. It was pretty cool, when done right. I wish Microsoft had expanded a bit more on it with Windows 8.
E: Long Zheng's Flickr search still works: http://www.istartedsomething.com/flickrsearch/
LukasTaves
Member
I never heard of that W7 feature, but it does sounds great.
brotkasten
Member
It is pretty cool in theory. It should be noted that it's mainly an enterprise feature, but since it's based on Open Search and RSS, the possibilities were really great. Here's how Zheng described it.
"If you want to know what makes searching within the shell cool, it means youre interacting directly with the file. Its a little clunky in the M3 Build 6801, but even still you can double click a picture to open it in larger view or set it as your background.
Now imagine the possibilities. Searching the files on your remote Windows Home Server, searching your documents on Google Docs, finding music on Pandora, finding videos on YouTube, finding PDFs from your library. Basically anywhere with a repository of files."
Same seems to be happening with File History in Win8. Such an easy backup tool. Don't think anybody knows about it.
LukasTaves
Member
Yeah, I mean, WTF?
How come Ms never talked about or pushed this? Seems like an amazing feature and it would be awesome if there was enough support.
How come Ms never talked about or pushed this? Seems like an amazing feature and it would be awesome if there was enough support.
lastflowers
Banned
There are tons of things in every windows release that don't get pushed by pr and marketing.
Search federation didn't take off because there's little incentive for developers to build support for it. People who want to drive traffic to their own sites don't want an OS leeching content from it without context or ad revenue. It's also not a super user-friendly thing to use, with few scenarios in which it really makes a whole ton of sense.
One of those things where engineers developed a cool feature that doesn't have much real-world use, just because it's technically cool under the covers. Searching in Blue makes a whole lot more sense, and for regular people too.
One of those things where engineers developed a cool feature that doesn't have much real-world use, just because it's technically cool under the covers. Searching in Blue makes a whole lot more sense, and for regular people too.
Alright, the OT for Build is here: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=603911
How many pages until the discussion degenerates?
How many pages until the discussion degenerates?