This is a shame!!! What a stupid decision, that would drive some WP8 users out.
No it wouldn't. At 6-tiles across, as was stated, the tiles would be super small. You'd fat-finger tiles all the time and medium sized tiles wouldn't be able to fit the same amount of information as they do now. The People tile isn't a good example of what it would look like as there's no space between the individual segments. Imagine putting a few pixels of space in there. They'd be microscopic in terms of tile size.
You'll either hate Microsoft for the ability to add 6 tiles because they're unusable or you'll hate them for not giving you the option. At least without the option your functionality won't be gimped.
Regarding the displayed content on the tiles - if this feature would've been done by scaling, then the same amount of content would fit there, just in a smaller font.
I hope so, but for how far I have read only 1280x768 (or something like that) will be able to have 3 medium sized tiles next to each other
I have the HTC 8X with 1280x720
i updated to the GDR3 preview just now and no new tile sizes on lumia 920.
No it wouldn't. At 6-tiles across, as was stated, the tiles would be super small. You'd fat-finger tiles all the time and medium sized tiles wouldn't be able to fit the same amount of information as they do now. The People tile isn't a good example of what it would look like as there's no space between the individual segments. Imagine putting a few pixels of space in there. They'd be microscopic in terms of tile size.
You'll either hate Microsoft for the ability to add 6 tiles because they're unusable or you'll hate them for not giving you the option. At least without the option your functionality won't be gimped.
They let users decide for them selves. just get a 1080p. why are people trying to find everything bad no matter what they produce? why did you guys actually buy that product? hoping it would mature in its lifetime?
it is not about your age seeing tiles on the screen - it is about complexity in a small space. guess what windows phone was supposed to reduce?
Not as much shrinkage as you think. Take the People Hub and make it double-wide. You'll notice that all the flipping people icons are the same size as a small tile, and there are six across. I think it'd be nice to have this as a toggle-able option, let the user decided. I personally want more on my homescreen,
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See, that doesn't look bad at all. I would actually like a toggle to enable and disable that on my 1020. Its not like we are getting any information from the small tiles anyways, I would like to be able to have more of them. They are not too small so they'd be "fat fingered" even at that size.
It doesn't look bad when you look at it on a computer screen. Try opening the picture on your phone. The size you see on your computer will be even smaller. Fat people or people with fat fingers will be almost unable to use the small tiles and the medium tiles will make it very very hard to read anything on them.
I did use my phone... Haha. Like I said, a toggle would be nice. Obviously some want it, some don't. Probably a pointless conversation anyways.
Well, they could do it as an option, but that would only arrive with 8.1 because it would imply way more changes.
But I wouldn't hold my breath. Current phones 2 columns, phablets 3 columns. And that's it. Unless they abolish the pre-size of the tiles and allow you to resize the tiles at your will. But that's probably too much of an overhaul to be done.
Not really, just involves downsizing the tiles of current devices. You're really making a mountain out of a hole hill here, it wouldn't be the big OS overhaul you think it'd be.
Actually I'm not. Just think a bit. To put three rows of tiles, they would need to redesign the grid of the OS. They would have to make it flexible to allow you to have 6 different tile sizes. Because if they would force these unusable new sizes on current devices, many people would be royally pissed.
So you either have them create a new grid, splitting the current UI in two: the 2 rows UI or the 3 rows UI (imagine Polaroid and Modern on 6tag); or they would need to make the tile sizes way more flexible to allow 6 different tile sizes: the 3 old sizes for people who prefer usable 2 columns, and 3 new tile sizes for people who want to smash together tons of tiny little tiles in 3 columns. In which case they would need to loosen up the current grid (if it was that simple and just a matter of pixels, developers would have already come up with an App to make smaller or larger tiles. They can't because MS has that blocked. And it's blocked for a reason ).
Either way it would involve a considerable UI change (3 rows of tiles on small devices would simply make small and medium sizes unusable as Live Tiles. They would be smaller than the tiles on the L620). So it would be 8.1 only. And honestly, I doubt Microsoft would go that route. It's a design nightmare, waiting to happen. And for that, it would be easier for them to ditch the pre-decided sizes and just let you ajust the tile to your favourite size using a pinch gesture (I can see them doing this on W8 eventually...).
For now, at best, I can see them bringing the XXL-tile from Windows 8 over on WP8.1. Don't hold your breath for 6 tile sizes on <5" devices.