8.1 positivity thread

[MikeSo]

Re: Positives on WP8.1

pretty cool feature with multitasking....when you hold the left arrow down and you get the list of running apps, instead of having to touch the x at the top right corner of the app, you can just swipe it down and it closes the app. Sort of like you do on an Iphone.

You mean, sort of how you do in Windows 8. I like that we have both the X and the swipe down now.

 

[david90531]

Re: Positives on WP8.1

Of course there are more good things than bad, I love the 3rd column of tiles, transparant wallpaper tiles, notification center (missing a few things though), CORTANA, better GMail, etc.

But I really wonder what's their reason for adding the games to the app list- -

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[david90531]

Re: Positives on WP8.1

pretty cool feature with multitasking....when you hold the left arrow down and you get the list of running apps, instead of having to touch the x at the top right corner of the app, you can just swipe it down and it closes the app. Sort of like you do on an Iphone.

of which iPhone copied our multitasking view in the first place

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[MikeSo]

Re: Positives on WP8.1

Of course there are more good things than bad, I love the 3rd column of tiles, transparant wallpaper tiles, notification center (missing a few things though), CORTANA, better GMail, etc.

But I really wonder what's their reason for adding the games to the app list- -

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Seriously, keep the complaints out of this thread, shall we. There are plenty of threads here for that.

 

[meddyrainzo]

Re: Positives on WP8.1

IE11 finally having a "navigate forward" function! It only took a couple of years.
The option to have 6 columns of tiles.
The new more accurate text selection tool.
The quick settings toggles.
VPN
Separate volume controls
The swipe keyboard - I now understand everyone who has an Android phone why they were reluctant to give it up just based on that one feature (when iOS 8 is announced in a couple of months they will surely have it too and it will probably be magical and everyone will then act as if it always existed on iOS). The WP8.1 keyboard is overall an amazing feat.


Really, so many things! It was quicker and simpler to list the things I didn't like, for sure. Which is great.

Haha, so true(your last statement). I can't even list anything I dislike.
So far, the music app has been working perfectly for me

 

[meddyrainzo]

Re: Positives on WP8.1

Of course there are more good things than bad, I love the 3rd column of tiles, transparant wallpaper tiles, notification center (missing a few things though), CORTANA, better GMail, etc.

But I really wonder what's their reason for adding the games to the app list- -

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Like MikeSo said, this is for the positives. Regardless, adding games to the app list doesn't make the OS experience any "worse" does it. I helps newbies that are completely clueless about WP to get used to the OS faster by not having to search for the games hub and then search for the game they want to play (this is what I think their reason behind it is)

 

[DreadVenom]

Re: Positives on WP8.1

Swype, notification centre, CORTANA, start screen backgrounds, WiFi sense, battery sense and absolutely love storage sense. For me though I'm really liking embedded vids in the new internet explorer, the change has taken the weave app to another level. Cant wait for wpcentral to follow. Also love the new start up screen, the wp8 one was very bright and blue. This new one puts it in line with Windows desktop.

 

[daredevildan]

Re: Positives on WP8.1

In the Windows Store you can now see that you have an app INSTALLED.

 

[DreadVenom]

In the Windows Store you can now see that you have an app INSTALLED.

Yeah, also that though I'm still waiting for store to come back online in the UK. Also, does anyone seeing the updated games hub from the leaks? Wonder what happened.

 

[Zacharyw70]

Re: Positives on WP8.1

I like everything that I've played with so far, the only exception being the Music App which sucks bad. Using Nokia Music as a workaround but I hope Microsoft updates it soon.

 

[Laura Knotek]

Re: Positives on WP8.1

pretty cool feature with multitasking....when you hold the left arrow down and you get the list of running apps, instead of having to touch the x at the top right corner of the app, you can just swipe it down and it closes the app. Sort of like you do on an Iphone.

Nice find! I didn't know this, but I like this feature.

 

[meddyrainzo]

Re: Positives on WP8.1

IE11 is a lot better than I thought.

Check out these 8 new kickass features in IE11 on Windows Phone 8.1 | Windows Phone Central

Btw, who knows how to turn on the inprivate browsing?

 

[anon(5445874)]

+920 working great. Had issues with the store and xbox music at first. During the first few hours, xbox music refused to show any music on my device. But now it all works fine. I'm loving the more tiles thing! I also love how you can use cortana to search text messages.

 

[meddyrainzo]

Re: Positives on WP8.1

It's a bit dark but look for my nail. LOL

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?Sent from a larger than life device. Using Tapatalk?

I just facepalmed! Can't believe I missed that. Thanks a lot!
This update is getting critically praised by almost every site out there. Finally, WP is beginning to get people's attention in a very positive way

 

[ajb1965]

Re: Positives on WP8.1

I am very pleased with the update. Sadly, I expected pages and pages of negative posts today so thank you for starting this one!

I really like Cortana, I see myself using her a lot. Notification center is pretty cool, and I like the updates to the calendar.

 

[meddyrainzo]

Re: Positives on WP8.1

One last thing. How do you make Here apps get the accent color like in this picture below

 

[Zacharyw70]

Re: Positives on WP8.1

One last thing. How do you make Here apps get the accent color like in this picture below
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It's a background picture not an accent.
Go to Settings>Start+theme>Choose Background>Backgrounds>And it should be the 2nd option.

 

[meddyrainzo]

Re: Positives on WP8.1

It's a background picture not an accent.
Go to Settings>Start+theme>Choose Background>Backgrounds>And it should be the 2nd option.

Yeah, I already know how to do that. My question here is that in this picture, HERE apps also have the background color. On my phone, the here apps are just purple. They aren't skinned along with the tiles

 

[Kram Sacul]

Re: Positives on WP8.1

In the Windows Store you can now see that you have an app INSTALLED.

I've been so busy thinking about the things that have been broken or changed for the worse that this escaped me. Also auto-updating apps! No more doing the 8/1/2011 trick to get updates to show on the store tile.

 

[BenTR]

There is a lot to be positive about in the update. One thing I did not expect is that I finally have Data Sense. ATT disabled it in whichever GDR update, but now, thanks to the magic of developer preview, it is back.

Read View is nice in IE11. Surprisingly fast, too. I was on the ugly-on-the-phone WPCentral site, hit the read view icon and instantly had a beautiful article.

Swipe to go back in IE11 is a feature I am happy they transferred from Windows 8.

Also happy I can put the cursor in the middle of a word with one touch. Cursor control is much easier.

Inline video.

I like the update.