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Happy_Misanthrope
Aug 3, 2007

"I wanted to kill you, go to your funeral, and anyone who showed up to mourn you, I wanted to kill them too."

Beeftweeter posted:

how

does

this

happen

oh right fire qa

loving lol it really doesn't launch w32 apps from the start menu, even if they were releasing daily builds this would be a joke but these are weeks/months apart

so remember that thurrott interview with the former windows ui designer

quote:

The stark look of Windows Phone seemed to turn off more people than fell in love with it

this is the new icon in w10 for managing desktops/windows:

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pram
Jun 10, 2001

pseudorandom name posted:

no, this is just something they broke in build 10061

lmfao

univbee
Jun 3, 2004




pseudorandom name posted:

no, this is just something they broke in build 10061

more like build loool

duTrieux.
Oct 9, 2003

yeah, think i'm gonna put in a stop loss for my msft.

Wheany
Mar 17, 2006

Spinyahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

Doctor Rope

Beeftweeter posted:

how

does

this

happen

oh right fire qa

Wiggly Wayne DDS
Sep 11, 2010



pseudorandom name posted:

no, this is just something they broke in build 10061
but pinning's awful as a ui concept also

Beeftweeter posted:

how

does

this

happen

oh right fire qa

Nagato
Apr 26, 2011

Why yes my username is the same as an autistic alien who looks like a 9 year old from an anime, why do ask?
:nyoron:
windows 10 news summary

- name is windows 10 or possibly windows x
- codename: "redstone"^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H... sorry, that's the next version
- half of QA team let go early on in development process
- all icons redrawn by someone who has never used a vector graphics editor before
- new search toolbar that returns arbitrary .exes pushed to their basically unmoderated app store
- called the "cortana bar"
- pop-ups give you achievements for using the os
- solitaire now adware with in-game purchases
- calculator is now full-screen only application
- officially announced launch date is summer despite the fact that its clearly unfinished

Nagato fucked around with this message at 15:00 on Apr 23, 2015

SIGSEGV
Nov 4, 2010


solitaire already was adware in winhate though

prefect
Sep 11, 2001

No one, Woodhouse.
No one.




Dead Man’s Band

Nagato posted:

windows 10 news summary

- name is windows 10 or possibly windows x

going after that sweet osx market share, i see

Nagato posted:

- called the "cortana bar"

this one's a joke, right?

right?

kitten emergency
Jan 13, 2008

get meow this wack-ass crystal prison
redstone is actually the code name for the windows after windows 10

Nagato
Apr 26, 2011

Why yes my username is the same as an autistic alien who looks like a 9 year old from an anime, why do ask?
:nyoron:

prefect posted:

this one's a joke, right?

right?

i guess the official name is just "cortana" http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/preview-cortana

but its a search toolbar like they've had since XP. so cortana bar

uncurable mlady posted:

redstone is actually the code name for the windows after windows 10

while my speed reading is poor, this makes me hope for great things

maybe windows, halo, and minecraft will actually merge into a single application

prefect
Sep 11, 2001

No one, Woodhouse.
No one.




Dead Man’s Band

Nagato posted:

i guess the official name is just "cortana" http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/preview-cortana

but its a search toolbar like they've had since XP. so cortana bar

:cripes:

Nagato
Apr 26, 2011

Why yes my username is the same as an autistic alien who looks like a 9 year old from an anime, why do ask?
:nyoron:

SIGSEGV posted:

solitaire already was adware in winhate though
wow. thank god i've never had to use this

http://www.howtogeek.com/122145/what-happened-to-solitaire-and-minesweeper-in-windows-8/

Chris Knight
Jun 5, 2002

me @ ur posts


Fun Shoe

uncurable mlady posted:

redstone is actually the code name for the windows after windows 10

so we'll launch the working version next to the house with no numbers

Luigi Thirty
Apr 30, 2006

Emergency confection port.

duTrieux. posted:

those are clearly different products

skype://

skype4biz://

i found the real reason

Skype for business doesn't support landline calls according to Microsoft

you still need Skype installed for that

hobbesmaster
Jan 28, 2008

but what if i need to use Skype for my business?

i mean, Skype in a business setting

also why does apple capitalize Skype

kitten emergency
Jan 13, 2008

get meow this wack-ass crystal prison
coming soon to Skype for Business: Skype integration

hobbesmaster
Jan 28, 2008

skype for business now featuring Skype!

univbee
Jun 3, 2004




hobbesmaster posted:

skype for business now featuring Skype!

does it let me swipe?

Bobby Digital
Sep 4, 2009

Nagato posted:


maybe windows, halo, and minecraft will actually merge into a single application

time to do my taxes

*starts building spreadsheet out of blocks*

carry on then
Jul 10, 2010

by VideoGames

(and can't post for 10 years!)

Bobby Digital posted:

time to do my taxes

*starts building 6502 out of blocks*

Phoenixan
Jan 16, 2010

Just Keep Cool-idge

hobbesmaster posted:

but what if i need to use Skype for my business?

i mean, Skype in a business setting

also why does apple capitalize Skype

if you have it installed on one of your apple devices, it recognizes the app name and knows you're probably talking about that app

also, i appreciate how the windows desktop version by default puts ads next to chat while the osx version has no ads at all (other than the home screen, but that's just pulling in a webpage from skype's site)

hobbesmaster
Jan 28, 2008

interesting though i'm using safari on yosemite atm

duTrieux.
Oct 9, 2003

Luigi Thirty posted:

i found the real reason

Skype for business doesn't support landline calls according to Microsoft

you still need Skype installed for that

oh holy poo poo

BangersInMyKnickers
Nov 3, 2004

I have a thing for courageous dongles


its so bad on my system that searching for "update" won't even show the windows update any more because there are so many other things with updater shortcuts in the start menu

BangersInMyKnickers
Nov 3, 2004

I have a thing for courageous dongles

uncurable mlady posted:

coming soon to Skype for Business: Skype integration

I was in a two day workshop with a MS consultant who is being forced to use Win10 and Skype4Biz and there were a lot of problems that wasted time we should have been working and now he wants to do followups on "Skype" calls but I'm sure he means skype4biz and that's going to be a coordination clusterfuck because nobody here has that

duTrieux.
Oct 9, 2003

BangersInMyKnickers posted:

its so bad on my system that searching for "update" won't even show the windows update any more because there are so many other things with updater shortcuts in the start menu

i'v ebeen deleting those since windows xp, though

Luigi Thirty
Apr 30, 2006

Emergency confection port.

duTrieux. posted:

oh holy poo poo

when they mass upgraded office 365 people to skype for business we got flooded with tickets saying "HEY I UNINSTALLED SKYPE CAUSE I GOT SKYPE FOR BUSINESS AND I CAN'T CALL ANYONE WHAT DO I DO"

this is gonna be a fun year for ms

duTrieux.
Oct 9, 2003

Luigi Thirty posted:

when they mass upgraded office 365 people to skype for business we got flooded with tickets saying "HEY I UNINSTALLED SKYPE CAUSE I GOT SKYPE FOR BUSINESS AND I CAN'T CALL ANYONE WHAT DO I DO"

this is gonna be a fun year for ms

it's insane that nobody had the courage to stop branding from doing that

bring back old gbs
Feb 28, 2007

by LITERALLY AN ADMIN

BangersInMyKnickers posted:

its so bad on my system that searching for "update" won't even show the windows update any more because there are so many other things with updater shortcuts in the start menu

You havent even installed Updated Products of Microsoft you scrub

univbee
Jun 3, 2004




32MB OF ESRAM posted:

You havent even installed Updated Products of Microsoft you scrub

is this like United Colors of Benetton?

Happy_Misanthrope
Aug 3, 2007

"I wanted to kill you, go to your funeral, and anyone who showed up to mourn you, I wanted to kill them too."
so in the search Cortana field I type in "appointments", thinking it'll be smart enough to at least point to the calendar or show me upcoming appointments

here's what it gave me:



this is the title screen for that app it recommends

bring back old gbs
Feb 28, 2007

by LITERALLY AN ADMIN

univbee posted:

is this like United Colors of Benetton?

all i know is it's $5.99, it's 2mb and it doesnt appear to run anything when i click on the icon but my web traffic has increased while my machine is idle. works as intended.

graph
Nov 22, 2006

aaag peanuts

Happy_Misanthrope posted:

so in the search Cortana field I type in "appointments", thinking it'll be smart enough to at least point to the calendar or show me upcoming appointments

here's what it gave me:



this is the title screen for that app it recommends



l o l

pram
Jun 10, 2001

Happy_Misanthrope posted:

so in the search Cortana field I type in "appointments", thinking it'll be smart enough to at least point to the calendar or show me upcoming appointments

here's what it gave me:



this is the title screen for that app it recommends



holy poo poo windows 10 brought back splash screens?

Generic Monk
Oct 31, 2011

pram posted:

holy poo poo windows 10 brought back splash screens?

compulsory for all metro modern ui windows store windows apps to have a splash screen - for some reason this hasn't been repealed yet

pram
Jun 10, 2001
:pwn:

Phoenixan
Jan 16, 2010

Just Keep Cool-idge

Happy_Misanthrope posted:

so in the search Cortana field I type in "appointments", thinking it'll be smart enough to at least point to the calendar or show me upcoming appointments

here's what it gave me:



this is the title screen for that app it recommends


that loving clipart icon

Juul-Whip
Mar 10, 2008

Generic Monk posted:

compulsory for all metro modern ui windows store windows apps to have a splash screen - for some reason this hasn't been repealed yet
i wish apple would reject apps that display splash screens

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Phoenixan
Jan 16, 2010

Just Keep Cool-idge
the only time a splash screen is acceptable imo is when it's a graphics program like affinity designer or photoshop

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