New Dashboard Public Preview Application Now Live

[TheWeeBear]

Hopefully, its like steam. Local saves override cloud. Cloud only for convenience.

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Yeah, you can turn the cloud saves off. (By deafault it's off, but Mr nosey here had to have it on lol)

Hope it doesn't mess up till i've completed Assassins Creed Revelations or i will be a tad displeased LOL

 

[electricbopeep]

Just got home and downloaded the update. Taking it all in now...

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[TheWeeBear]

Well I got another big dashboard update last nighjt, right in the middle of Assassins Creed, thank you Microsoft LOL.

Don't see any difference at all for the UK, but there's the new UFC app in my US account.

Wonder when we'll get YT and all the UK goodies.

 

[theefman]

Anyone on here picking up Halo Anniversary? Would be nice to play with fellow WP7 users.

 

[5tephen]

I have Halo Anniversary. Preordered it, actually lol

 

[TheWeeBear]

Just incase anyone is wondering when the new look dashboard will be released to everyone, it's Tuesday December the 6th.

 

[1jaxstate1]

After a week with the new update. It's just a new skin. I'm not impressed so far. I guess I was too excited.

 

[TheWeeBear]

No i'm not impressed either 1jaxstate, i still can't navigate to what I want as fast as the current / old dashboard.

This is the dashboard i've most disliked so far. If only we had a choice.

 

[TheWeeBear]

Well another dashboard update today if you haven't had your XBox on yet. (Probably the last one)

 

[electricbopeep]

I agree @1jaxstate and @weebear. I was taken aback by how little has changed - and it seems like some things, like MSNBC and NBC news have been removed but I'm guessing those will be coming back. I got he Kinect the other day and the search and navigation features were a welcome addition, though I still felt like I was missing out on whatever extra newness the update was supposed to bring for Kinect.

In the next update, I'd like to see support for streaming podcasts and other online video (similar to what's present in Windows Media Center. Apparently MS approached TWiT about getting their content on the xbox), subtitles in Netflix (weren't we supposed to be getting this) and some type of picture-in-picture or background media/app functionality - it's frustrating that everything is so siloed and that you have to interrupt media viewing to use the twitter so, for example.

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[electricbopeep]

So I just downloaded the new update and there's a SyFy and Daily Motion app. Both apps are gorgeous and very slick. SyFy only has full episodes for their web series and clips of their tv series, but that's more a reflection on them than Xbox. I rarely watch Daily Motion videos (a YouTube app is what I really want) but the implementation here is quite nice - AutoPlay for categories and playlists; menus layered over video, search,etc. there doesn't seem to be an account log-in (I don't have one anyway) but you can favorite things. Looking forward to more media apps, since I primarily use the Xbox for media consumption.

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