Trevor Wolfe
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For all the haters on this thread go look at the comments for the Xbox video update and you will see the majority of people want the option to add the green tile back
Only that those are arguably unnecessary changes that are based on taste. It's annoying, not scary.
Or do you accept everything with this argumentation?
"Well, my company decided to pay me less, but it's only a change, I can't be afraid of changes, I'll get used to it!"
There is already this option at Design Time by the Developer. If its not included its because the Developer chose not to.
For those that don't know or don't understand.
9.9 times out of 10 the color you see on a tile isn't a color but an image on a transparent background. It has been this way all throughout WP. The only thing Microsoft changed was the ability to throw on a Start Screen BG image. If you remove the BG and the tile uses the Accent Color instead of a colored bg image, its because the Developer WANTED it that way.
Arguing that Microsoft should add an option to WP to edit each apps tile to a color you want is not reasonable thinking when you think of the amount of apps there are for WP. Which is why my previous post I said that Developers should add the option themselves. It's not alot of code nor hard work to do it app side.
Blaming Microsoft for everything is a bit of reaching. In the case of the Video Tile, sure, its Microsoft's Video App Team that botched by not giving users options but Microsoft as a whole I think, has done an exceptional job at trying to please the masses.
And no, telling users, if you don't like transparency then use the accent color.... doesn't help solve the issue. I personally can't stand using the accent color myself and use transparent tiles with a Start Screen BG but I agree, it isn't the answer to those that just want different colored tiles.
And OP, don't be so angry. At the end of the day, your lifes not going to end because a tile is no longer green.
Just my two cents as a Developer who knows exactly what it would take to give users options.
Thanks for the info...
And,I was not blaming Microsoft. I was telling about the app. There should be an option in each app to toggle between default colour and transparent tile. At present, we don't have an option to set default green tile for Xbox video(if we don't the set the accent colour-green or a third party shortcut ��. And this app is developed by Microsoft itself. Right.?
It's not a matter of stopping or not stopping. It's about OPTIONS. There should always be the option to turn the transparency on or off. And just using all solid colors isn't an option either. I like transparent tiles, but sometimes they don't all need to be transparent.
Dude, it's simple: I like the transparent tiles, my tesis is "open your mind", what sentences part I did complaint in?
If the problem is about live tile, Microsoft is working on it; but you can't pretend an option into SO because it's impossible to manage this feature for individuals apps (talking about solid live tiles)
Im not arguing about nothing, just I don't understand why people complicates something that is not. I think I can to express my opinion here or in another thread, who are you to say me where o when?
Don't take it bad.
Regards.
Those who would like a solid background color of their choosing and maybe a different accent color (cyan start screen, magenta accent as an example)should try Theme+. It offers more color options than stock, but I'm sure some folks will complain about that as well.
It's not a matter of stopping or not stopping. It's about OPTIONS. There should always be the option to turn the transparency on or off. And just using all solid colors isn't an option either. I like transparent tiles, but sometimes they don't all need to be transparent.
But we shouldn't have to resort to using apps to do what the OS or the app in question should do automatically. Apps to regulate other apps is just nonsense.there are apps to do that as well
forgot the name of the app in question