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[LQX]

I really don't like or understand why the got damn middle advertisement box has to be so huge. If anything that's where the pin box should go with thumbnails of whats pinned.

The pin function is great though. Hell, I wish the 360 could boot right into it. The simplicity is something I wish carried over to the other parts of live and I cant understand why this is not the default function of the "Recent" box which I cant imagine many now using.

And I bet you anything many will pin there favorite XBLA games to it and nothing else so goes to show how much damn functionally MS likes to cut out of making things easier for their customers.

 

[Plywood]

http://connect.microsoft.com/XboxLIVEUpdate

Just go there, login and request the key. No need to wait for the email.

I love you.

 

[Zabka]

Cool...the marketplace looks much better now. I submitted a suggestion during the last Beta to reorganize it in a similar way.

 

[choaffable]

Anyone know how Vimeo or other websites looks in the new browser? Viable way to watch videos?

 

[wwm0nkey]

Anyone know how Vimeo or other websites looks in the new browser? Viable way to watch videos?

If the player works with HTML5 it will work.

 

[Zeouterlimits]

I signed up this evening and got the update within about 2 hours.
Shall check it out in a moment (all these Olympians to leer at first).

 

[Demoncarnotaur]

I still haven't received the update, odd since it seems mostly everyone else who ran the app got it by now.

 

[Gowans]

I don't think they have changed the games marketplace on the UK version.

Impressed with that browser

Shame tvcatchup.com doesnt work or it would have free live TV in the UK.

 

[bjork]

I still haven't received the update, odd since it seems mostly everyone else who ran the app got it by now.

I haven't either.

 

[Sean]

I'm liking this so far. Favorite thing is how the Games Marketplace has been massively improved.

- New sections are: Featured, Arcade, On Demand, Indie, Add-Ons, Demos, Extras (extras section = themes, gamerpics, videos, avatar store).
- All the navigations options are always on the left in green tiles. Very easy to find and tell apart from everything else, unlike the old metro dash which all blended together.
- New recommendations thing on the right side of your screen. When you go into the XBLA section for example it will show you two XBLA games and then another third tile for "All recommendations" that shows you ten picks. This could be huge for XBLA devs.
- There is a tile in On Demand for "Free On Demand Demos" (currently empty). Perhaps they are going to let you download full 360 games and play the first hour or so as a trial which I think Sony does sometimes.

The one thing I don't like is that the Demos > New Releases section shows Indie Game and Arcade game trials now too and there's no way to sort/filter things at the moment. So there's 3,378 items in the new releases section right now, which is kinda ridiculous to navigate.

 

[Mindlog]

Hypothetically. Is a feedback system in place or is it not running yet?

 

[OverHeat]

I just bought a chatpad for Internet Explorer, work great!

 

[Gowans]

The iGoogle services don't cut it. I'm gona have to make a tv friendly HTML5 dashboard page.

 

[KageMaru]

Downloaded and ran the registration app, still no update. =/

Hopefully it's pushed to my console before I have to leave town for the weekend.

 

[Vegivo]

been messing around with it. I like it alot actually. IE is ok but gonna need keyboard if you plan on using it alot lol The xbox music and video apps load up faster as well

 

[toythatkills]

Anyone have any pics of the new marketplace layout?

 

[Canis lupus]

Wanna see some vids comparing xmb and xbox browser speeds.

 

[Dunlop]

Signed up but won't be home for another week, hopefully can still get a key then

 

[Sean]

Anyone have any pics of the new marketplace layout?

Just took some direct screencaps of the new Marketplace. Much much nicer than before.

 

[Zaventem]

The 360 browser feels better than IE on a computer( how surprising! lol).I was ready to bash it but it's actually good.Like i said before only thing i want is a way to open separate pages/links like a smart phone on another window.The pin application is great i've got about 10 webpage favorites and some games pinned there, still hate how social and video come before the games section.Also i miss being ably to see my stitch avatar pet ( money well wasted)just by scrolling through on the NXE dashboard when stopping on my avatar.

 

[Poker360]

Oh goodness. Just got it downloaded. The "Pins" ... such a great idea!!

 

[besiktas1]

I hope the app we will use will pop up a software keyboard

 

[Diablohead]

Just took some direct screencaps of the new Marketplace. Much much nicer than before.

How it should have been to begin with, seriously.

 

[Family Fry]

UK dash must be different, those changes haven't happened yet with games marketplace. I can't wait til they do though as it looks so much better.

 

[Dabanton]

Finally. Switched on my 360 and got the update.

 

[Gorki247]

UK dash must be different, those changes haven't happened yet with games marketplace. I can't wait til they do though as it looks so much better.

Could be a while. Last time it took several months before our marketplace was updated to the newest layout.

 

[Family Fry]

Yeah, I remember that.
Really was a long time between versions.

 

[besiktas1]

anyone else try pin ie? i get an error

 

[toythatkills]

Just took some direct screencaps of the new Marketplace. Much much nicer than before.

Oh wow, that's awesome. Cheers for grabbing those!

 

[surly]

Oh goodness. Just got it downloaded. The "Pins" ... such a great idea!!

I suggested that on the Connect site in the last beta and started a thread on here asking people to go and vote it up.

*pats self on back even though MS probably didn't do it based on my suggestion.

 

[DarkCloud]

Anyone else have issues with the pin to home option not being available on delisted games?

No Outrun or TMNT on my pin tab is a crime that will not stand.

 

[Poker360]

I suggested that on the Connect site in the last beta and started a thread on here asking people to go and vote it up.

*pats self on back even though MS probably didn't do it based on my suggestion.

Hats off to you then

Overall really liking this new dashboard. Much faster and my xbox doesn't feel like windows 95 anymore.

Anyone else noticed improved voice recognition?

 

[PrematureQuiche]

Is there a NDA? I assume not with people posting screens?

 

[Dabanton]

Hmm sales and specials get an App. Just DL'ing it now.

 

[LQX]

Is there a NDA? I assume not with people posting screens?

Why do people keep asking this? Who cares.

 

[besiktas1]

pro evo demo not pinning either.
i wish keyboard had option for qwerty, double space make fullstop, after fullstop auto caps, autocorrect and word prediction like wp7.

 

[kharma45]

Is there a NDA? I assume not with people posting screens?

AFAIK there is one for this beta, which people seem to have ignored.

 

[surly]

Is there a NDA? I assume not with people posting screens?

Yes, there is. Obviously people don't care.

 

[PrematureQuiche]

Why do people keep asking this? Who cares.

Yes, there is. Obviously people don't care.

Cause I got in and was wondering what I could say. Cheers!

 

[Bsigg12]

I'm really liking the change up in size. Taking advantage of the screen to make things more legible, and give more specific tiles is a really nice touch. I do wish we could re-order the tabs but as it stands, it's a nice improvement.

Internet Explorer is actually very intuitive. When some of the more advanced SmartGlass features launch, browsing should be great on the 360.

 

[Sean]

Is there a NDA? I assume not with people posting screens?

There always is, but nobody really cares or follows it. Every gaming site and blog posts screens (ie The Verge for example) and does video walkthroughs etc and Microsoft never sends them a cease and desist or anything.

I suggested that on the Connect site in the last beta and started a thread on here asking people to go and vote it up.

*pats self on back even though MS probably didn't do it based on my suggestion.

They probably did get the idea from you, nice suggestion. I'm liking this pins feature.

 

[toythatkills]

Yes, there is. Obviously people don't care.

I think Microsoft were well aware that nobody would really pay attention to it, and I doubt they care about dash previews going up. It's more in place so they can take some proper action when they accidentally upload Mass Effect 4.

 

[Wario64]

Every Xbox beta has had a NDA. People still talked about them, especially with the Mass Effect 3 leak. lol.

 

[Orca]

Every Xbox beta has had a NDA. People still talked about them, especially with the Mass Effect 3 leak. lol.

Up until then we mostly just talked about the free UFC PPVs *high five*

 

[jbug617]

Don't remember if it's there now but now in your game library you can sort the by recent or alphabetical. Also you can sort by demo, arcade, indie and i believe games on demand.

 

[toythatkills]

Don't remember if it's there now but now in your game library you can sort the by recent or alphabetical.

That's in the current non-beta too. And the best thing about it is that it remembers what you had it set to when you turn the Xbox off.

 

[Sean]

Hmm sales and specials get an App. Just DL'ing it now.

This new Special Deals app is ridiculous imo:

Kind of clever though as I'm sure people will get duped into buying shit they don't want just to get a deal on something else.

 

[user_nat]

Every Xbox beta has had a NDA. People still talked about them, especially with the Mass Effect 3 leak. lol.

Nobody talked about the Kinect one. We didn't want our free stuff taken away.

 

[toythatkills]

This new Special Deals app is ridiculous imo:

That's not a beta thing

 

[Zaventem]

This new Special Deals app is ridiculous imo:



Kind of clever though as I'm sure people will get duped into buying shit they don't want just to get a deal on something else.

It's gonna be like achievements to people with money.