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[juliushandle]

Glance on my 1020 is fukd. It's upside down or looks glitchy.

 

[Doffen]

3 panel display is the worst. Has someone managed to make it look good?

 

[derFeef]

3 panel display is the worst. Has someone managed to make it look good?

Sure, I did.

 

[Doffen]

Sure, I did.

Prove it.

 

[SCHUEY F1]

I like my three panel layout a lot as well, no going back. Picking a simple background image also helps.

 

[PG2G]

I enjoy my three panel layout too

 

[lastflowers]

threepanel > two panel

 

[Doffen]

I like my three panel layout a lot as well, no going back. Picking a simple background image also helps.

I enjoy my three panel layout too

threepanel > two panel

I need to see proof.

 

[juliushandle]

MS's new Video Tuner app is pretty impressive. Filters in real time with no hiccups.

 

[hadareud]

Some interesting comments today by Nadella.

 

[MCD]

Some interesting comments today by Nadella.

Xbox is still shit on mobile. Not gonna believe his PR bullshit.

 

[Doffen]

Xbox is still shit on mobile. Not gonna believe his PR bullshit.

Xbox is dead on mobile. The hub is a joke.
But Zoo Tycoon Friends was announced recently - so we got that going for us, which is nice.

 

[royale]

This is my current home screen on my Lumia 925. I think it looks less busy by adding white space and blurring the background picture.

 

[lastflowers]

I think Gaming Side has completely repulsed me. I used to dabble in there every once and a while. Now, a certain feeling of uncleanliness occurs nearly every time I check out a thread.

 

[TheBryanJZX90]

3 panel display is the worst. Has someone managed to make it look good?

Nope, it's gross still. Might be more functional in that you can pin pretty much everything you want on one screen, but looks horrible. Like a geocities page from 1999 or a Japanese e-commerce site from 2014. Everything scrunched together.

MS please give me a 3x6 extra large live tile size. The whole point of the WP home screen is to have big colorful imagery.

 

[Eanan]

This is my current home screen on my Lumia 925. I think it looks less busy by adding white space and blurring the background picture.

What app is that in the top left that looks like a time widget?

 

[Razdek]

Xbox is still shit on mobile. Not gonna believe his PR bullshit.

I still have faith in 5 years WP will hit 7% market share in North America.

 

[stktt]

I love the extra column.

 

[The Atticus]

Might go all in on a Lumia 2520 + Power Keyboard as soon as I see a deal for the red variant over here.

Spoiler

FINALLY

So as long as the browser is as good as I think it is.

 

[antiquegamer]

That looks nice. I really like it.

I still can't do 3 rows on my 1020, everything is just too small.

 

[ElNino]

That looks nice. I really like it.

I still can't do 3 rows on my 1020, everything is just too small.

Yeah, every time I try it I find the text too small for my old eyes to read.

 

[bedlamite]

3-panel is indeed awesome but it only works on 1080p screens. Text is too small to read otherwise

Edit: Added screenshot

 

[MCD]

I still have faith in 5 years WP will hit 7% market share in North America.

I love WP and still believe in Joe and his team but I can't shake the feeling of other teams within MS treating them like crap.

 

[kharma45]

That looks nice. I really like it.

I still can't do 3 rows on my 1020, everything is just too small.

I do it on the 620 I have #yolo

 

[juliushandle]

Got my 520 to fuk around with, updated to 8.1 and it performs better with 8.1 than my 1020 does. The transitions on my 1020 were stuttery but on the 520, it's smooth. Besides the smaller keyboard and low quality screen I am loving the 520 and am floored I am getting such a great experience from a $45 smartphone. Tho is seriously the industry's best kept secret.

 

[PG2G]

This is what mine looks like

 

[Paganmoon]

how did you get the WP Central tile to be transparent?

 

[hadareud]

Just tried it.

It looks ok in a screenshot I think, but on the 1020 it's just all so fucking small.

I'll give it a go for a few hours to see if I can get used to it, but I doubt it.

 

[Milchmann]

Three panel layout with small tiles doesn't work IMO. So it's either two panels with small tiles or three panels without them. I use the latter on my 520 and it works even with the low display resolution.

 

[PG2G]

how did you get the WP Central tile to be transparent?

I thought they made it that way in one of the updates a while ago? Not doing anything special

 

[Paganmoon]

I thought they made it that way in one of the updates a while ago? Not doing anything special

is that an app or the IE tile?

 

[PG2G]

is that an app or the IE tile?

It is the app

 

[hadareud]

It's the WPC app, the tile is transparent. I think there might have been a setting somewhere, but I can't remember.

Had to go back to 2 columns. Can't stand the 3, maybe it's better on a higher res screen, but I doubt it.

 

[bedlamite]

The WPCentral live tile is transparent, they updated it soon after the 8.1 developer preview came out. I don't think there's a way to turn it off, if you don't like it.

 

[Paganmoon]

ahh, that explains it, I only have the IE livetile, which isn't transparent. WPC app costs money, so... no

 

[hadareud]

I think it's free now, with ads.

 

[juliushandle]

There's something liberating about using a $50 520 smartphone. It's far different from having a 1020 in my pocket. Almost a carefree feeling knowing if i crack the screen, scuff the body, etc, that I can just replace it at anytime.

 

[antiquegamer]

There's something liberating about using a $50 520 smartphone. It's far different from having a 1020 in my pocket. Almost a carefree feeling knowing if i crack the screen, scuff the body, etc, that I can just replace it at anytime.

It's still $50.00 ....

 

[juliushandle]

It's still $50.00 ....

$55

 

[frontieruk]

It's still $50.00 ....

So that's what 8 for the price of a 1080/930?

 

[Razdek]

Microsoft releases a Climatogy app for Android and not for WP. It really is a mobile first cloud first agenda for them but too bad their mobile isn't Windows Phone. WTF are their developers doing prioritizing other platforms instead of their own?

 

[Razdek]

There's something liberating about using a $50 520 smartphone. It's far different from having a 1020 in my pocket. Almost a carefree feeling knowing if i crack the screen, scuff the body, etc, that I can just replace it at anytime.

Meh, I use mine as a music device but the Xbox music app is such shit I don't even turn it on anymore.

 

[juliushandle]

So that's what 8 for the price of a 1080/930?

Yes, and this 520 is running 8.1 better than my 1020.

I may just sell my 1020 and use this 520 until McLaren.

 

[KageMaru]

Not a fan of small tiles, but I have gotten used to the 3 column layout.

 

[maeh2k]

I'm now in possession of an orange Lumia 930. The hardware feels pretty nice.
I'm now running the initialization from my 8X.

 

[brotkasten]

Microsoft releases a Climatogy app for Android and not for WP. It really is a mobile first cloud first agenda for them but too bad their mobile isn't Windows Phone. WTF are their developers doing prioritizing other platforms instead of their own?

Windows Phone was never and still isn't a priority for Microsoft's developers on other teams. It was even worse back in the Windows Phone 7 days.

 

[royale]

What app is that in the top left that looks like a time widget?

This is just Simple Calender. You can make it look like there is no tile at all by making the tile the same colour as the background. Works with dark theme too.

 

[SCHUEY F1]

What's the easiest way to share a picture on Gaf from my phone?

 

[MCD]

What's the easiest way to share a picture on Gaf from my phone?

I use Grin (Imgur uploader).

 

[maeh2k]

I have to say Windows Phone really nails the process of upgrading your phone. It works way better than I thought it would going from the 8X to the 930. Apps, start screen layout, additional exchange accounts, text messages... all there. Way better experience than setting up a new Android phone.

How exactly does Windows Phone 8.1 handle device encryption? Is there any way for me to enable it directly?