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Well, the good news is that we get a new dashboard.
The bad news is my wife will have no idea how to use it.
I am preparing myself for the inevitable at-work phone calls.
Thanks, MS
The bad news is my wife will have no idea how to use it.
I am preparing myself for the inevitable at-work phone calls.
Thanks, MS
I'm looking forward to this mainly because of BBC iPlayer and 4OD for free. On the downside, too much White space.
"The new dashboard looks much better than the nightmare that is the current Xbox experience"
Nightmare? I find the current dashboard easy to navigate and find what I'm looking for.
Nightmare? I find the current dashboard easy to navigate and find what I'm looking for.
Its still littered with ads, they just litter it in a more controlled way, I'd this an improvement? Take into account I wove my wittle wexbox and don't own a ps3 but the whole adds one the dashboard really pisses me off. But it isn't hard to navigate.... Atleast we get YouTube finally.
Its funny how Microsoft releases a new xbox dashboard its always such an amazing change, then when they announce a new dashboard, people say the current one is shit.
XMB needs to remove all ads or give an option to hide them. I play 60 dollars a yea, here no need for me to see one add.
So, all the themes I paid for will still work, and look awesome, right?
I never had a problem with the current dashboard. I'm honestly not bothered either way... As long as my god damn themes work :).
I never had a problem with the current dashboard. I'm honestly not bothered either way... As long as my god damn themes work :).
for a second i thought it was on thanksgiving i was like wut? glad to hear its before thanksgiving. hope its good. i still miss the old Xb360 menu, the blades were awesome. i had a really funny Red vs blue theme. now its useless on the current dashboard. but what about the themes we have now? will they be used for the new one? or will Microsoft want me to spend even more money on themes? :(
I actually like this a lot. I like how the menus are listed horizontally, like the XMB. I also like how you can see a fair amount of the background, so your wallpapers aren't just colorful borders. But where is the avatar? I don't care if I ever see that stupid fucking thing again, but I know it's tucked away there somewhere. Shouldn't it be on the home screen?
PROTIP: xbox dashboard already uses silverlight, added a couple of releases back. The animated panels for instance are silverlight.
@Time and a Half
Good point. Games should be the first thing after home. It'd be cool if they let you customize your menu the way you like it. I have ZERO need for Bing, Social, or Live TV bars. Of course, they're going to make sure you see as much bullshit as possibly before you can actually sit down and enjoy a game. Autolaunch just might be the way to go.
Good point. Games should be the first thing after home. It'd be cool if they let you customize your menu the way you like it. I have ZERO need for Bing, Social, or Live TV bars. Of course, they're going to make sure you see as much bullshit as possibly before you can actually sit down and enjoy a game. Autolaunch just might be the way to go.
@Time and a Half
Games is the Games section of the store. Home is what it starts on, and see Halo: Reach in the top left of it? That's the game that's currently in the console.
Games is the Games section of the store. Home is what it starts on, and see Halo: Reach in the top left of it? That's the game that's currently in the console.
Man, I do 'not' get all the bitching about the dashboard. Everything is damn near self explanatory and, god forbid, people MESS AROUND with it and try to LEARN where things are.
I love new dashboard updates if only for getting a mix up on how things are handled. A new dashboard makes me feel kinda like getting a new product, even though I haven't paid for anything besides the initial purchase of the console... And LIVE of course.
Still, bummer it looks like there's no beta in the works... On the FLIP side, it's coming out sooner than I expected.
I love new dashboard updates if only for getting a mix up on how things are handled. A new dashboard makes me feel kinda like getting a new product, even though I haven't paid for anything besides the initial purchase of the console... And LIVE of course.
Still, bummer it looks like there's no beta in the works... On the FLIP side, it's coming out sooner than I expected.
I'm with Yamagoto. My only concern is being able to use themes, specifically my own stuff from my PC. Such as this awesome thing I'm using now;
Cool. So can I set up some custom wallpaper on my Xbox without 90% of the picture being covered up by white boxes? Cuz, you know, I want to see tits when I start up my console. Thanks.
i feel like i have to point this out every fucking time we have an article about the dashboard. Ads! in case people are not aware, the Marketplace sells more than just games. so when you see a tile for a Movie or a TV Show, please understand that they are promoting something that they are actually selling. this isn't a hard concept to understand. bitch all you want about the occasional Geico or Sprint ad that shows up, but please stop whining about MS promoting actual items in their marketplace. like i said in earlier articles, this is the equivalent to bitching about Gamestop putting MW3 posters in their display window next to a Gears of War 3 promotion by the door all under a BF3 banner hanging from the ceiling. they are promoting things they fucking sell. pretty simple really.
I hope they will fix Kinect Fun Labs lobby since it's rather slow and stiff if you know what I mean.
"WE WILL CHANGE EVERYTHING YOU LOVE AND YOU WILL THANK US FOR IT, YOU SLUT!"
Taking a leaf out of Facebook's...book
Taking a leaf out of Facebook's...book
Youtube is good, but most of the best talent left YT for other websites. And I'm not looking forward to unblock-able commercials on certain videos (ad blocker plus ftw).
As long as it's better than the current ad filled fucking mess.
It took me literally weeks to find some things on the current ad pile, I mean NXE. It sucks.
I'm sure this one will suck just as hard.
It took me literally weeks to find some things on the current ad pile, I mean NXE. It sucks.
I'm sure this one will suck just as hard.
Please. It may not currently be the most user-friendly design, but it's not a "nightmare" as suggested here.
Exaggerate much?
Exaggerate much?
@GGear0323
Thanks for clearing that up for me. I've been wondering for ages what the fuck people were on about when they bitched about ads. I mean, I just never saw them, but now I know people mean the marketplace content or promos for new games, it all makes sense. Not sure I'd class them as ads, and even if I did, it's all relevant to THE FUCKING THING I'M LOOKING AT.
Thanks for clearing that up for me. I've been wondering for ages what the fuck people were on about when they bitched about ads. I mean, I just never saw them, but now I know people mean the marketplace content or promos for new games, it all makes sense. Not sure I'd class them as ads, and even if I did, it's all relevant to THE FUCKING THING I'M LOOKING AT.
If me trying Windows 8 with its similar interface on my laptop is any indication, then I certainly won't be updating my system to this. It works horribly on a mouse, I dread to think how horrible it will be on a gamepad.
I like how you can get to the social, bing, video and live tv tabs faster than to the game one. And how nice of them to make the home screen nothing but a bunch of ads.
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