I think I can honestly say the only thing I hate about the WP7 is the way the search button works.
In particular that you cannot programatically override its launching of Bing in games (you can with back buttion btw).
Microsofts argument for this is that it breaks the way the UI works, however as every game has a unique UI this argument doesnt really hold water.
Just picture this....
You are deep in the dungeon, the Orc boss jumps out in front of you. You go to equip your flaming sword, tap the search button and.....
a) It opens your inventory screen showing you the items you have available.
b) I opens Bing with a pretty picture of some ducks on an icy pond.
or
You're flying through the asteroid field of Taurus 9 when you start taking damage. You need to raise your sheilds, quick bring up the engineering screen...Oh what a pretty little duck that is, I do hope its feet dont get stuck to that ice.
You get the picture. The search button is useless in games but has a No.1 prominant position in the UI and is also a major immersion killer when aciddently pressed.
<rant mode off>
In particular that you cannot programatically override its launching of Bing in games (you can with back buttion btw).
Microsofts argument for this is that it breaks the way the UI works, however as every game has a unique UI this argument doesnt really hold water.
Just picture this....
You are deep in the dungeon, the Orc boss jumps out in front of you. You go to equip your flaming sword, tap the search button and.....
a) It opens your inventory screen showing you the items you have available.
b) I opens Bing with a pretty picture of some ducks on an icy pond.
or
You're flying through the asteroid field of Taurus 9 when you start taking damage. You need to raise your sheilds, quick bring up the engineering screen...Oh what a pretty little duck that is, I do hope its feet dont get stuck to that ice.
You get the picture. The search button is useless in games but has a No.1 prominant position in the UI and is also a major immersion killer when aciddently pressed.
<rant mode off>