Author Topic: Are there only 2 sizes of tiles in w8? More W8 hate (Read 3146 times)

Cerveza mas fina · « **on:** January 20, 2013, 12:54:09 PM »

I want to have my start/metro screen just have a few tiles, but really big ones. Seems there are only two sizes. I tried googling but no banana.

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #1 on:** January 20, 2013, 01:01:18 PM »

Also why cant I change the background of the start screen? What fascism is this?

I just want my (not resizeable) tiles to it on top of a picture I made.

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #2 on:** January 20, 2013, 01:04:59 PM »

Is there any word on when flash will work in Metro?

Or when you will be able to right click on images and see their properties?

Positive Touch · « **Reply #3 on:** January 20, 2013, 01:11:29 PM »

yes to all of the above

Tasty · « **Reply #4 on:** January 20, 2013, 02:14:43 PM »

Quote from: Borys on January 20, 2013, 01:35:57 PM

My wife has a W7 phone and it is such garbage.

MS tries to sell its own walled garden but it is more like walled trashcan.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #5 on:** January 20, 2013, 02:20:35 PM »

Quote from: Borys on January 20, 2013, 01:35:57 PM

My wife has a W7 phone and it is such garbage.

MS tries to sell its own walled garden but it is more like walled trashcan.

ToxicAdam · « **Reply #6 on:** January 20, 2013, 03:10:44 PM »

I know the defenders will chide people in here, but I had the exact same experience with Metro. I immediately wanted to customize it and it was not really user-friendly on how to do it.

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #7 on:** January 20, 2013, 03:13:09 PM »

press-and-holding is hard for polacks, their fingers just want to run

recursivelyenumerable · « **Reply #8 on:** January 20, 2013, 03:36:29 PM »

Yes there are only two sizes of tiles

There are third-party tools that let you set your own background, here's one -> http://www.stardock.com/products/decor8/ , probably if you googled you could find others

Flash situation explained -> http://www.zdnet.com/an-inside-look-at-internet-explorer-10s-mysterious-flash-whitelist-7000009740/
tl;dr: It's not Microsoft's fault, the ghost of Steve Jobs won't let them fully support Flash.

No idea about image properties, PERSONALLY I would strongly resist any addition that risks inviting the dread scourge of CONTEXT MENU BLOAT. which reminds me of one of MY gripes, why the heck is there an "Open Link" option in the context menu when you can just friggin left click

Smooth Groove · « **Reply #9 on:** January 20, 2013, 03:46:11 PM »

There's weird when W8 phone has a bunch of sizes

W8 phone is beastly except for the lack of games

Van Cruncheon, what's the future of W8 mobile gaming?

recursivelyenumerable · « **Reply #10 on:** January 20, 2013, 03:49:18 PM »

Quote from: Smooth Groove on January 20, 2013, 03:46:11 PM

There's weird when W8 phone has a bunch of sizes

it has three, that's one more than two

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #11 on:** January 20, 2013, 03:53:25 PM »

Quote from: Borys on January 20, 2013, 01:35:57 PM

My wife has a W7 phone and it is such garbage.

MS tries to sell its own walled garden but it is more like walled trashcan.

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #12 on:** January 20, 2013, 03:54:58 PM »

Quote from: recursivelyenumerable on January 20, 2013, 03:36:29 PM

Yes there are only two sizes of tiles

There are third-party tools that let you set your own background, here's one -> http://www.stardock.com/products/decor8/ , probably if you googled you could find others

Flash situation explained -> http://www.zdnet.com/an-inside-look-at-internet-explorer-10s-mysterious-flash-whitelist-7000009740/
tl;dr: It's not Microsoft's fault, the ghost of Steve Jobs won't let them fully support Flash.

No idea about image properties, PERSONALLY I would strongly resist any addition that risks inviting the dread scourge of CONTEXT MENU BLOAT. which reminds me of one of MY gripes, why the heck is there an "Open Link" option in the context menu when you can just friggin left click

Wait wait its not MS fault you can't use FLASH in metro?

Anyhoo I shouldn't be installing 3rd party software to customize W8 should I? I mean come on.

Smooth Groove · « **Reply #13 on:** January 20, 2013, 03:56:01 PM »

Quote from: recursivelyenumerable on January 20, 2013, 03:49:18 PM

Quote from: Smooth Groove on January 20, 2013, 03:46:11 PM
There's weird when W8 phone has a bunch of sizes

it has three, that's one more than two

correct, I just assumed that you can't turn the wide rectangle into a big ol' square

no need for it really though

Verdigris Murder · « **Reply #14 on:** January 20, 2013, 04:05:39 PM »

Windows 8 on a 'normal' computer is like how someone without fingers would use an iPad. If I only had fingers/touch screen.

Smooth Groove · « **Reply #15 on:** January 20, 2013, 04:14:19 PM »

iOS is the OS that we need

W8 is the OS that we deserve

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #16 on:** January 20, 2013, 04:23:23 PM »

I rarely even look at the start screen on a non-touch setup. My HTPC is desktop 95% of the time. I mean I used the steam pin app to populate a start screen with neat game tiles- but I pin everything I really use to the desktop taskbar, and use the desktop almost exclusively. Now on my Surface, that's different- primarily because RT having a desktop is LOLLLLL anyway wtf you gonna do there cept get to things in a way that you remember how and are too lazy to learn the new way.

Verdigris Murder · « **Reply #17 on:** January 20, 2013, 04:30:11 PM »

Can you play games on it?

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #18 on:** January 20, 2013, 04:42:42 PM »

Yeah, all my games work fine on win8. Do you mean the Surface? There it's more an issue of a new platform with. not a lot of games.

Smooth Groove · « **Reply #19 on:** January 20, 2013, 04:54:32 PM »

Are there any upcoming ports though? HTC 8X basically has the same parts as the Galaxy S3

recursivelyenumerable · « **Reply #20 on:** January 20, 2013, 04:55:45 PM »

Quote from: MrAngryFace on January 20, 2013, 04:23:23 PM

I rarely even look at the start screen on a non-touch setup. My HTPC is desktop 95% of the time. I mean I used the steam pin app to populate a start screen with neat game tiles- but I pin everything I really use to the desktop taskbar, and use the desktop almost exclusively. Now on my Surface, that's different- primarily because RT having a desktop is LOLLLLL anyway wtf you gonna do there cept get to things in a way that you remember how and are too lazy to learn the new way.

I was like that when I first started using Windows 8 on my laptop, but I've gradually shifted towards using the new apps and start screen most of the time other than when programming / writing / file management ... or rather, I use the new stuff for most "dicking around" activities and the desktop for most "focused work towards a defined extended task" activities, that way I don't have to mess with window management or closing apps / resource management when in dicking around mode, and those apps don't clutter my desktop / consume resources / etc

Verdigris Murder · « **Reply #21 on:** January 20, 2013, 05:09:57 PM »

And why is always the top right when you have to access shutdowns?

Purple Filth · « **Reply #22 on:** January 20, 2013, 05:58:58 PM »

people use metro on their desktops?

Tasty · « **Reply #23 on:** January 20, 2013, 06:02:41 PM »

Quote from: Purple Filth on January 20, 2013, 05:58:58 PM

people use metro on their desktops?

People use Winblows?

pilonv1 · « **Reply #24 on:** January 20, 2013, 06:07:31 PM »

ITT: usual gaggle of idiots posting the same old stuff

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #25 on:** January 20, 2013, 06:15:01 PM »

Quote from: Andrex on January 20, 2013, 06:02:41 PM

Quote from: Purple Filth on January 20, 2013, 05:58:58 PM
people use metro on their desktops?

People use Winblows?

yes, the people we call "professionals"

for the barely employable bottomfeeders of the greater tech industry we have linux

Tasty · « **Reply #26 on:** January 20, 2013, 06:16:22 PM »

If you say so grandpa.

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #27 on:** January 20, 2013, 06:17:52 PM »

Andrex srsly I wouldnt install linux if it came with a blowjob.

If you want o play games on your pc you have windows. W8 has great performance and boots up super fast theres just some lil thinga that always piss me off. If these get fixed it will be a very good os. Its no way near as bad as vista was at launch.

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #28 on:** January 20, 2013, 06:18:49 PM »

i would if it was from richard stallman's mouth, just so i could spam reddit with the pics of my spunk in his beard

Tasty · « **Reply #29 on:** January 20, 2013, 06:23:41 PM »

Quote from: Premium Lager on January 20, 2013, 06:17:52 PM

Andrex srsly I wouldnt install linux if it came with a blowjob.

If you want o play games on your pc you have windows. W8 has great performance and boots up super fast theres just some lil thinga that always piss me off. If these get fixed it will be a very good os. Its no way near as bad as vista was at launch.

Sure sure. Btw have you had your prune juice for the day?

pickle · « **Reply #30 on:** January 20, 2013, 06:57:34 PM »

Quote from: Van Cruncheon on January 20, 2013, 06:15:01 PM

Quote from: Andrex on January 20, 2013, 06:02:41 PM
Quote from: Purple Filth on January 20, 2013, 05:58:58 PM
people use metro on their desktops?

People use Winblows?

yes, the people we call "professionals"

for the barely employable bottomfeeders of the greater tech industry we have linux

I really hope you're just riling Andy up. I seriously can't think of any major infrastructure that runs on Windows Server, let alone any major sites that use IIS (Having said that, Server 2012 looks pretty cool.)

pilonv1 · « **Reply #31 on:** January 20, 2013, 07:23:29 PM »

Quote from: Van Cruncheon on January 20, 2013, 06:15:01 PM

Quote from: Andrex on January 20, 2013, 06:02:41 PM
Quote from: Purple Filth on January 20, 2013, 05:58:58 PM
people use metro on their desktops?

People use Winblows?

yes, the people we call "professionals"

for the barely employable bottomfeeders of the greater tech industry we have linux

This is as good a thread as any to post some ramblings of anti-windows pro-apple fanboy from another forum I read

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Be crazy to think how we're not very far off from the era when nobody uses Windows anymore.

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There's a whole generation of new humans in this world that can use iOS devices fluently and don't even know how to talk yet. You think these people are going to be using windows at some point? LOL.

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Sorry but you're just wrong. The implied insult makes me want to add a "fuck off" to this, but I'd rather just hit you with some reality that will (hopefully) sting.

If you're working in a traditional office place and not using an iPad for anything work related in 2013 you are either:

1 - Low on the totem pole

2 - Working somewhere really shitty.

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Basically what I'm saying bro - and this is gonna be hard to swallow but I don't care - is that very few smart people doing smart things are still using Windows. OMG TROLL! But it's true, truth hurts.

p. sure he's just an obnoxious gimmick account but it's hard to keep track of it.

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #32 on:** January 21, 2013, 02:29:14 AM »

Fyi at Apple they have windows installed on their macs, cause them macs dont have a working copy of trados.

chronovore · « **Reply #33 on:** January 21, 2013, 03:14:07 AM »

Quote from: Premium Lager on January 21, 2013, 02:29:14 AM

Fyi at Apple they have windows installed on their macs, cause them macs dont have a working copy of trados.

Meh. I'm sure Microsoft has some Macs, and Apple has some Windows-running machines. At this point, I still prefer my Mac but I'm not religious about it. I enjoy how integrated and consistent things are, but I also like how much software is available on Windows. Five years ago, I installed Linux once and enjoyed dicking around in it, but it required effort to learn, and there was not a lot of stuff available at that time.

chronovore · « **Reply #34 on:** January 21, 2013, 03:38:52 AM »

Quote from: recursivelyenumerable on January 20, 2013, 03:49:18 PM

Quote from: Smooth Groove on January 20, 2013, 03:46:11 PM
There's weird when W8 phone has a bunch of sizes

it has three, that's one more than two

In marketing-speak, that's "150% of 2!"

MrAngryFace · « **Reply #35 on:** January 21, 2013, 10:30:07 AM »

The nail and hammer portion of the tech industry is far more open to using WHAT WORKS rather than sticking to some weird party lines cooked up by armchair analysts on the internet. Real progress requires being open to the idea of being wrong, others being right, and then working to correct your trajectory. No one gets it right every time, such is competition and progress.

chronovore · « **Reply #36 on:** January 21, 2013, 08:33:53 PM »

It should be, but I also encounter shops using Excel as a database; not a front end for a database, but actually using it instead of a db, even when several people need to touch the file several times a day. I've encountered people rolling their own bug system out when it could be addressed by a free OSS solution. I've seen Excel used as a page layout application for a game design document...

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recursivelyenumerable · « **Reply #37 on:** January 22, 2013, 12:10:34 AM »

Yeah, Excel is pretty f'in sweet, it can do all that plus they gave me a job last fall

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #38 on:** January 22, 2013, 02:35:22 AM »

Quote from: chronovore on January 21, 2013, 08:33:53 PM

It should be, but I also encounter shops using Excel as a database; not a front end for a database, but actually using it instead of a db, even when several people need to touch the file several times a day. I've encountered people rolling their own bug system out when it could be addressed by a free OSS solution. I've seen Excel used as a page layout application for a game design document...
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I worked at one of those companies, 50 people had to access one Excel 'Masterfile', shit was always broken. Onetime it got deleted or its content did. Hilarious.

ferrarimanf355 · « **Reply #39 on:** January 22, 2013, 01:28:49 PM »

I just upgraded to Windows 8 Pro last night. So far, so good, aside from one driver that won't update for some dumb reason.

Brehvolution · « **Reply #40 on:** January 22, 2013, 01:45:02 PM »

Just blame Obama.

ferrarimanf355 · « **Reply #41 on:** January 22, 2013, 02:09:36 PM »

Quote from: Zero Hero on January 22, 2013, 01:45:02 PM

Just blame Obama.

It's working fine for me, knock on wood.

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Author Topic: Are there only 2 sizes of tiles in w8? More W8 hate (Read 3146 times)