8.1 positivity thread

[loofmodnar]

I really like it so far. It's a developer preview so I expected some weirdness. WP8.1 is a huge improvement in many ways.

I was super happy to see they have a history of which apps have been updated. Lack of a history is why I turned off auto-updating on Win8.

From what I've seen many of issues people have can be fixed by updates to the individual apps which can now be handled via the store. A large part of this update was allowing the apps to integrate into the OS rather than MS integrating various apps. I'm really hoping there'll be a avalanche of updates to things like facebook, twitter, music, etc. To make them 8.1 compatible (and in Music's case useable)

 

[TaichiSurface]

i have zero problem with WP8.1. Correction I have zero problem with some minor problem that I encounter here and there. It's great, love the action centre, hmm Cortana...still exploring not that useful to me for now. All the tiny changes/improvements are great so far. I'm sure they'll roll out updates to fix some complaints regarding music app etc.

 

[thekeeblerelf]

Something has been fixed that has existed since WP7. When you scroll down your home screen quickly and hit the home button real fast, the screen no longer jumps up and down!

One of my favorite games was to see how many "jumps" I could get. :smile:

This counts as a positive, right?

 

[eruptflail]

I love it, I don't understand what most of the complaints are about. IE 11 is also amazing.

 

[Edward_g]

No problems at all. Extra tiles on my 822 are fine. I didn't expect that I would like them.
I'm hav'n a great time with all the great features.

 

[MikeSo]

IE11 is a huge improvement over the previous version. I love reading mode, use it all the time now.

 

[jwinch2]

I see a lot of people spazzing out all over the board because 8.1 has added or removed some function of the OS that they liked. I for one quite like the update and have not encountered any issues on my 920 as of yet.

Anyone else not pulling their hair out?

I love about 85% of what was done. My only real concerns are the decrease in integration with the people hub/me tile, xbox music, and putting games in the app list. I like everything else quite a bit. Cortana is pretty awesome, particularly considering it is a beta test version of that function. I love having the quiet hours and have been waiting for that since the day the 920 was released. I really like the action/notification center, though I can see some room for improvement going forward. I use cal rather than the native calendar app so I am not fired up about what was done there they way some people are. I like the skinned tiles as well, and the new version of IE seems a definite improvement to me.

All in all, I really like what they did, and hope that over time they will fix some of the things that they shouldn't have, not to mention some of the things which have sucked since day one, like xbox music.

 

[mgkeath]

I'm pretty happy with a lot of this update: Cortana, Action Center, IE 11, Swipe (I wasn't sure how useful I'd find it, but after a few minutes of fooling around with it, I've become a big fan), the Store (very impressed with the improvements here), start screen backgrounds, VPN support, data/wifi/storage sense, calendar, camera, separate volume controls + more alert customization, NFC improvements, better backup system and God knows what else I'm forgetting.

Some things that others have seen as negatives, but I look at more as changes that just take some getting used to: Music/podcasts/games/video now as apps (hopefully, the advantages of seeing much more frequent updates outweigh any negatives), People/Me tiles becoming more appcentric with their functionality (this could turn out well once more apps take advantage of it. It is a bit jarring, for those of us who were used to how those hubs work, but I'm approaching it from a wait and see perspective while I get myself used to the changes) and once again, many things that I've forgotten to mention.

In summary, I find my experience a positive one. I love most of the changes and some of the changes I'll give a little time to get used to. Being different, doesn't necessarily translate into being bad.