[Showing Off] My 950 XL Start + Lock Screens

[hyperexpert]

Another take! I cant seem to settle on one

 

[occamsmonkey]

Another take! I cant seem to settle on one

I really like the semi-transparent Empty Tiles. Again, something I never thought of doing.

 

[hyperexpert]

I really like the semi-transparent Empty Tiles. Again, something I never thought of doing.

I keep chaning my start screen every 5 minutes! I don't want to fill it all with busy tiles. Yet, I still want to be able to easily access most of my daily used apps

 

[RumoredNow]

I keep chaning my start screen every 5 minutes! I don't want to fill it all with busy tiles. Yet, I still want to be able to easily access most of my daily used apps

What about some Live Folders then?

 

[hyperexpert]

What about some Live Folders then?

I gotta give that a shot! Will report back soon lol

 

[mercaptan]

NIce...How do you make the empty tiles?

 

[occamsmonkey]

NIce...How do you make the empty tiles?

There's a free app called Empty Tiles.
They are active, so keep that in mind. They launch the empty tiles app.

 

[anon(8555314)]

Is there a weather app with transparent live tile?

 

[prabu d]

Interesting. Going to install windows 10 in my 640xl

 

[Starwave]

Here's my take on it :wink:

 

[hyperexpert]

I think this is the last take on this style before changing to something else!

 

[occamsmonkey]

 

[StevoPhilo]

This is all I've got so far, but I may change soon.

 

[pass11]

Here's my screen. I have to figure something out with my wall paper. The superman (house of el) symbol is off center:eck:

 

[HarleyBigDog]

First attempt at things. Thanks to hyperexpert and occamsmonkey for the assists and information!

 

[Rickard_Fogelin]

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First attempt at things. Thanks to hyperexpert and occamsmonkey for the assists and information!

Hi.
Nice. Very nice. I would be Happy if you want to share how you done this.
Im still waiting for my 950xl.

 

[Starwave]

Hi.
Nice. Very nice. I would be Happy if you want to share how you done this.
Im still waiting for my 950xl.

I'm not the guy you quoted, but you can achieve the same effect by heading into the settings, and go to Personalization --> Start --> Tile Transparency to 100%. Make sure you've enabled "full screen picture". All the tiles will now be completely transparent (except for a couple of apps which does not support this).

 

[Donald Simard1]

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This is all I've got so far, but I may change soon.

How do you change the tile border color? I noticed that in Daniel's review video but I don't know where to set it on my 830 with insider build

 

[HarleyBigDog]

How do you change the tile border color? I noticed that in Daniel's review video but I don't know where to set it on my 830 with insider build

You don't change the border, you change the opacity of the tiles, and make sure that, as StarWave stated, you make sure you go to "Personalization --> Start --> Tile Transparency to 100%. Make sure you've enabled "full screen picture"." This is on Win10, not 8.1 btw. Or I'm not sure how to do it on 8.1 anyway.

 

[anon(8555314)]

I'm kind of torn between that more traditional tiled style and the full screen picture with 100% transparency. The tiled style is geared towards live tiles with updates on the main start screen. The full screen picture style is stunningly beautiful, but looks cluttered unless the icons are minimized to the smallest size, and kept to a bare minimum on the start screen. Those who are using it, do you keep your updating live tiles available when you scroll down? Or keep it that way throughout? Do you miss the info you get from updating live tiles?