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SvennoJ on 18 January 2012
selnor said:
SvennoJ said:
selnor said:
Etherouge said:

Not sure why there is a SyFy app. You can only watch short clips from my experience.

Also, the YouTube app needs to be expanded. It's damned near impossible to get to my sub-box.

And  they need to hurry up and make an internet app for general use.

no. Please dont. Apps of sites are the way forward. Not clumsy browsers. I dont use my browser on Phone.  use apps. If VGC had an app I wouldnt use a browser. Cmon VGC Windows 8 is coming. Apps will be all over Windows 8. Confirmed to already have 150k in the making.

Apps really? Websites and browsers are perfectly capable to be scaled to any device, no need for apps. I never use apps, Google all the time. Why use a restrictive app when you can have it all in one place. I don't use a phone though.

Windows 8 fully loaded with apps? MS can't win the browser war so now they try to make them obsolete? lol.


Browser still exists in Windows 8. It just makes more sense for how Windows is being designed. 

WP7 or Windows 8 use tiles. Those tiles show info or latest artices without enterng the app. You can see just rom your start screen what new articles are on the app you use. 

For example. 

On my WP7 I have Giant Bomb app, WPCentral, The Weather Channel, Voucher Clouds, BBC News, Premier League +, f1 World Pro, YouTube Pro, Amazon Kindle, Deals 24 UK, Bing Maps, Thumba Photo Editor all of which update without the need to enter. I can understand if youve not seen the new Metro interface, but unlike Android or IOS you dont have to enter apps to know what the article is. The app tile on WP7 flips to show you te latest articles, which is what Windows 8 will do. 

A browser doesnt tell me anything unless I use a search engine to find things. 

The problem is I have an app for everything I want info on. Games, shopping deals, news, Live sport info, etc. And to be honest the apps are faster and more intuitive. It cuts out the crap and lets me get the content I want easier and faster.

I use a browser for VGC and Virgin Media bills for my broadband. Thats it. 

Everything else like Facebook, Twittter, Xbox ive, Zune ( which I use all the tme ) is built into te metro OS. So I dont need an app for these as no app wil ever beat what MS has dne with its OS integration. 

Really lookin forward to W8 tablet. 

Makes sense but it's not for me. I mostly use the web to find info, not to get it preselected. The problem I have with apps is that you need to switch to get more info. The web is built on hyperlinks. Walled of apps may be faster but not as convenient as a full browser where you can simply right click, open in new tab, or do a quick search to find more info from different sources.

For example Zune is nice, but I would never rent a movie I don't know without checking imdb first, which sometimes leads me to order it on blu-ray from Amazon after checking the blu-ray and highdef-digest reviews.

Metro interface is not for me. The first thing I do with a new laptop or pc is remove all the extra stuff littering the desktop. When I turn it on I just want to see my background picture and a couple icons to quickly access a few programs. Homepage for the browser is the simple google search bar.

But I can see how it's useful for a tablet where it's not as easy to type. On my laptop I don't even bother with bookmarks, typing the (partial) address is faster.

Microsoft is on the right track with tv apps. The tv guide on my rogers hdpvr is horribly slow. A metro UI next to the standard guide would be wonderful to get info on new programs and what channels they are on. Unfortunately it's still quite fragmented on the 360 with different companies all having their own apps. 2 steps forward, 1 step back.



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selnor on 18 January 2012
SvennoJ said:
selnor said:
SvennoJ said:
selnor said:
Etherouge said:

Not sure why there is a SyFy app. You can only watch short clips from my experience.

Also, the YouTube app needs to be expanded. It's damned near impossible to get to my sub-box.

And  they need to hurry up and make an internet app for general use.

no. Please dont. Apps of sites are the way forward. Not clumsy browsers. I dont use my browser on Phone.  use apps. If VGC had an app I wouldnt use a browser. Cmon VGC Windows 8 is coming. Apps will be all over Windows 8. Confirmed to already have 150k in the making.

Apps really? Websites and browsers are perfectly capable to be scaled to any device, no need for apps. I never use apps, Google all the time. Why use a restrictive app when you can have it all in one place. I don't use a phone though.

Windows 8 fully loaded with apps? MS can't win the browser war so now they try to make them obsolete? lol.


Browser still exists in Windows 8. It just makes more sense for how Windows is being designed. 

WP7 or Windows 8 use tiles. Those tiles show info or latest artices without enterng the app. You can see just rom your start screen what new articles are on the app you use. 

For example. 

On my WP7 I have Giant Bomb app, WPCentral, The Weather Channel, Voucher Clouds, BBC News, Premier League +, f1 World Pro, YouTube Pro, Amazon Kindle, Deals 24 UK, Bing Maps, Thumba Photo Editor all of which update without the need to enter. I can understand if youve not seen the new Metro interface, but unlike Android or IOS you dont have to enter apps to know what the article is. The app tile on WP7 flips to show you te latest articles, which is what Windows 8 will do. 

A browser doesnt tell me anything unless I use a search engine to find things. 

The problem is I have an app for everything I want info on. Games, shopping deals, news, Live sport info, etc. And to be honest the apps are faster and more intuitive. It cuts out the crap and lets me get the content I want easier and faster.

I use a browser for VGC and Virgin Media bills for my broadband. Thats it. 

Everything else like Facebook, Twittter, Xbox ive, Zune ( which I use all the tme ) is built into te metro OS. So I dont need an app for these as no app wil ever beat what MS has dne with its OS integration. 

Really lookin forward to W8 tablet. 

Makes sense but it's not for me. I mostly use the web to find info, not to get it preselected. The problem I have with apps is that you need to switch to get more info. The web is built on hyperlinks. Walled of apps may be faster but not as convenient as a full browser where you can simply right click, open in new tab, or do a quick search to find more info from different sources.

For example Zune is nice, but I would never rent a movie I don't know without checking imdb first, which sometimes leads me to order it on blu-ray from Amazon after checking the blu-ray and highdef-digest reviews.

Metro interface is not for me. The first thing I do with a new laptop or pc is remove all the extra stuff littering the desktop. When I turn it on I just want to see my background picture and a couple icons to quickly access a few programs. Homepage for the browser is the simple google search bar.

But I can see how it's useful for a tablet where it's not as easy to type. On my laptop I don't even bother with bookmarks, typing the (partial) address is faster.

Microsoft is on the right track with tv apps. The tv guide on my rogers hdpvr is horribly slow. A metro UI next to the standard guide would be wonderful to get info on new programs and what channels they are on. Unfortunately it's still quite fragmented on the 360 with different companies all having their own apps. 2 steps forward, 1 step back.

Agreed. Some developers dont use Metro and port IOS or Android apps as they are. Which isnt great because Metro kills these kind of apps. 

When a dev uses Metro not only is it faster, but muc moreinteligent in design. It makes sense.

Youll be glad to know Windows 8 does come with the opion of desktop view, so you dont have stick with Metro. Also Windows 8 will allow you to hav browser  from desktop open wilst side by side have a metro app open. That is really awesome.