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Anyone remember the old dashboard? You know, the one with the blades? I am really wishing ms gave us the option of which version we want to use. The current dashboard is cluttered to hell, and the ads have gotten worse as they are blended into places that make them kinda intrusive. I personally am starting to miss the blades alot because the theme and tone were happier I guess. It used to be you would have a differnt wallpapr for each blade and that there was also a purple red green yellow and blue blade color as well. It seemed better done than the continuing mess the nxe is becoming. I really have to ask why they just didn't edit the blades version instead of changing it completely.



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Ya I was pretty mad when I heard the new update was mandatory. The dashboard had a unique feel, while the new look is like sony's xmb only with more ads.



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And that's the only thing I need is *this*. I don't need this or this. Just this PS4... And this gaming PC. - The PS4 and the Gaming PC and that's all I need... And this Xbox 360. - The PS4, the Gaming PC, and the Xbox 360, and that's all I need... And these PS3's. - The PS4, and these PS3's, and the Gaming PC, and the Xbox 360... And this Nintendo DS. - The PS4, this Xbox 360, and the Gaming PC, and the PS3's, and that's all *I* need. And that's *all* I need too. I don't need one other thing, not one... I need this. - The Gaming PC and PS4, and Xbox 360, and thePS3's . Well what are you looking at? What do you think I'm some kind of a jerk or something! - And this. That's all I need.

Obligatory dick measuring Gaming Laptop Specs: Sager NP8270-GTX: 17.3" FULL HD (1920X1080) LED Matte LC, nVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M, Intel Core i7-4700MQ, 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3, 750GB SATA II 3GB/s 7,200 RPM Hard Drive

NXE sucks, it's a cluttered version of the XMB.



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The old dashboard seemed pretty lifeless to me.



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I will admit the old dashboard was a little more user friendly. But I found it incredibly boring and kind of ugly.



I can remember it but certainly don't miss it. Although the option to choose is always nice.



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Nope don't miss it at all.



The old dashboard interface looked garish, candy-hued and toy-like, but it was very user friendly, quick to navigate and completely functional even though about a third of the screen real estate was unnecessarily occupied by the inactive blades.

NXE is definitely becoming more cluttered and nested than a game console interface should be.

It's meant to look like the Macintosh cover flow file system and it's meant to function like Sony's XMB, but somehow it manages to be more awkward than either.

But at least it looks pretty.



toadslayer72 said:
I can remember it but certainly don't miss it

I couldnt have said it any better