Quote from barrakidMicrosoft tiles are not that bad. As with anything that it's different and new it takes some time to get used to it, but after a couple of weeks of using them (in windows
it gets better. You basically just have to look at them the same way you look at the app icons on your iphone, they do the same thing.
After a few a weeks you would get used to anything, it does not make it right now, does it?
I actually prefer the tiles to the start menu now that I've heavily modified my win8. It's one less click to get to the programs I want and a larger selection.
Here's what my "start menu" looks like right now.
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Of course this isn't totally ideal. Some things I'd like to control are tile grouping, tile size, tile transparency (so I can get grid ordering without useless tile space).
Also remember you get all the auxilliary windows tools by pressing Win-X
Is it perfect? Not even close
Do I prefer it to the windows 7 start button method now that I've customized it? Definitely.
EDIT: It's also really annoying that you can't style the metro start menu easily.
So aparently this is the xbox menu
https://twitter.com/georgeb3dr/status/403794684507484160
You'd think installing a game would be priority on Xbox One dashboard? Find it 
/win 8 tiles suck, IMO.
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So the console is released, and already plenty of reports of faulty ones, particularly damaged disc drives, all of them sounding like this:
Even better, one guy got his console banned while getting it to run: http://www.dualshockers.com/2013/11/21/xbo…ed-gets-banned/
They really fucked up with the bumpers on this controller. Everything else about it is really good, but the bumpers have so little feedback. They're really hard to press!
Maybe you just have feeble girl fingers liam.
After a few a weeks you would get used to anything, it does not make it right now, does it?
We're talking about changing a paradigm that is been in use for 20 years, worldwide, by millions (probably billions) of people and machines. There will always be some resistance, it's what we call "velhos do restelo". Technology needs and has to change over time, and it was about time MS changed their OS experience. Look at it from microsoft pov. There are so many different devices these days that the only way for microsoft to keep their market position is to unify all those systems with a single OS, having to mantain different OSs is impracticable.
Tiles are not hard to work with, they are not a new or even a bad idea, like I said before it's the same paradigm that's being used on tables and phones, and the mouse as an input device won't live for much longer unfortunately, so we need to start thinking in a different way. The problem is that people don't really understand how far they can take the start screen, but that will change over time.
Regarding the pic about the Xbox menu... it's right there on the right "Dead Rising installing...". People also need to realise that consoles stopped being just for gaming a long time ago, they're entertainment systems now and that makes it harder to keep things simple.
This being said, for me at least, the device with the best user experience on the market at the moment is the ipad, it just works, it works well, and it's really intuitive. I've been an apple hatter for a long time but apple got it right and it seems like MS is now trying to catch up to them.
Quote from PogoPThey really fucked up with the bumpers on this controller. Everything else about it is really good, but the bumpers have so little feedback. They're really hard to press!
Yeap, it was the first thing I thought to myself when I hold it a few weeks ago. Now I actually see everyone complains about the same, guess I'm not alone They really screwed up the bumpers.
Quote from ZynSo the console is released, and already plenty of reports of faulty ones, particularly damaged disc drives, all of them sounding like this:
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Oh man...
Xbox One Error E100 Bricking Consoles After Downloading Update
there are parts of me that hate that...and parts of me that don't.
"This is like watching a car wreck. You shouldn't stare but you can't look away."
Oh man...
Xbox One Error E100 Bricking Consoles After Downloading Update
LOL, they probably used Sony's refurbished Bluray players 
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One of the key graphics programmers at 343 (MS's Halo studio) has left for Naughty Dog.
Chicks dig PS4 graphics coding
Polygon review
http://www.polygon.com/a/xbox-one-review#console
Slightly higher than the PS4. Least surprising review of the year.
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One of the key graphics programmers at 343 (MS's Halo studio) has left for Naughty Dog.
Haven't heard that name in a long time. IIRC she was the one who designed and developed 3D realms post-Build tech.
Quote from AlexMSlightly higher than the PS4. Least surprising review of the year.
Haven't heard that name in a long time. IIRC she was the one who designed and developed 3D realms post-Build tech.
Well they are funded by Microsoft after all.
She's also married with Keneth Scott, Art director of Doom 3 and Halo 4. Explosive marriage! 
Although, from what I can tell he staid at 343? Weird...
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