ronty
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A homescreen.For me to look at & just relax my eyes & not to constantly see the start screen filled with solid coloured tiles.
A homescreen.For me to look at & just relax my eyes & not to constantly see the start screen filled with solid coloured tiles.
It's the core of the OS. If you don't like it, you better start looking somewhere else...
Fair point, but I also find the tiles tiring to look at. Years ago, I did a short design course in how to avoid making users sick. According to what we were told, lots of animation in unrelated places is particularly stressful for users - our brains are attracted to movement and lots of different movement happening at once is certainly not relaxing. It's like having several lions attacking you at once. The large blocks of bright colours can also cause eyestrain.
I don't know how true this is, but I'd be interested to know if WP (and WinRT and Windows 8) users report higher levels of headaches, etc, than users of other UIs.
I meant that I'm sick of the solid colours on the tiles, not the tiles themselves. Besides, no one is hurt on getting a homescreen. If you don't want it, just leave it alone. I have a nice collection of wallpapers but they are useless since I can see them only for a few seconds as the lock screen background.It's the core of the OS. If you don't like it, you better start looking somewhere else...
Everything that could be ported from Windows 8.1, specifically:
- Picture Password;
- Installed/Not Installed/ Apps List inside WP Store;
- The same Tools for Photo Edition;
- Settings Page complete reorganization.
And:
- More Quick Notifications (more than 5), swapping for show more;
Not sure about your phone, but on the 822, I just press and hold the previous (<<) or next (>>) button to rewind and fast forward...much better than a slider, IMO.
Slider for brightness. Auto, Low, Medium and High isn't versatile enough imo.
Fingerprint unlock is something that I would prefer to not be on my phone.Think about it. Even after everything that's to come in WP8.1, it will be missing some staggering features that Apple has. Namely fingerprint unlock and beacons.
I would say forgot this voice control stuff - fine for showing off in the pub, but not actually very useful. Instead, allow installation of third party keyboards. Swype really is great!
Fair point, but I also find the tiles tiring to look at. Years ago, I did a short design course in how to avoid making users sick. According to what we were told, lots of animation in unrelated places is particularly stressful for users - our brains are attracted to movement and lots of different movement happening at once is certainly not relaxing. It's like having several lions attacking you at once. The large blocks of bright colours can also cause eyestrain.
I don't know how true this is, but I'd be interested to know if WP (and WinRT and Windows 8) users report higher levels of headaches, etc, than users of other UIs.