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15 years ago @ WMPoweruser.com - WMPoweruser.com Giveaw... · 1 reply · +1 points

How do I get a registration code? I installed it and I went into the config, but don't see where I get that to post here.

Also, does this work on CDMA where 3G goes bye-bye when the phone rings? If it doesn't work, then it's pretty useless to me. heh.

15 years ago @ WMPoweruser.com - XKCD for Windows Phone · 0 replies · +2 points

I don't think an app that simply visits one non-configurable feed should even count as an app for the purposes of "app counts." This plagues the Apple store. RSS Hub sucks in many ways, but I still am able to read XKCD (minus alt-text) among 20 other feeds every day on WM 6.5.

It seems most WP7 developers getting attention right now are making tiny single-purpose apps as some sort of get-rich-quick scheme (ZOMG I can be the first to write this tiny hack in four hours and make a million dollars selling it at 89 cents!) rather than developing big, powerful, innovative apps.

How about a 'web comic reader' that's an RSS reader geared to web comics, supporting alt-text, full navigation, etc.? Most web comics behave about the same, and you could even get really fancy and scrape the web feeds looking for words like first, next, previous, last, etc. if they don't have a good feed source. I mean let's get creative here! This app, as is, is nothing new. It's just yet another lame app on the level of 99% of iPhone apps.

15 years ago @ WMPoweruser.com - Do You Bing? · 0 replies · +2 points

Bing's value-added services (maps, shopping, etc.) are better than google IMHO, but I still find that I get better search results from Google. This especially true when I'm searching for information to diagnose some really obscure error I'm getting in my daily life as a sys admin.

I don't know what it is about Google's secret searching sauce, but it just seems to know exactly what I'm looking for.

That's not to say Bing's searches aren't good. Sometimes when I can't find what I'm looking for on Google, Bing comes to the rescue. But this is usually not the case.

I think over time Bing could supplant Google as my primary search engine, but that's not yet the case.

15 years ago @ WMPoweruser.com - UI Centric announced t... · 0 replies · +1 points

I wish WP7 looked more like this. I really really like the layout and graphics. I think it's clean (as WP7 clearly is), but without going overboard into the two-tone bright color style that Metro does. Again, my opinion is apparently irrelevant to the universe, but I like how this has an Aero sort of feel to it, but still has an overall dark theme, with clean lines. I especially like the calendar. I think that looks amazing. I wish my phone looked like that!

15 years ago @ WMPoweruser.com - UI Centric announced t... · 1 reply · 0 points

I think its a good "hybrid" between what is more like the iPad, but still has the ability to run Windows 7 underneath it. Think of it as an organizer dashboard, but underneath you can still run normal Windows apps (the stuff you are currently doing with a pen).

Really, I'm not looking at the page turning effect at all. I'm looking at the dashboard layout, where you have a nice organization of widgets and what looks to be a pretty cool easy finger friendly launcher.

But, apparently, what I want is not what most people want, so my opinion doesn't matter. lol.

15 years ago @ WMPoweruser.com - UI Centric announced t... · 1 reply · +1 points

Sigh. I'm getting really tired of posting a comment saying something looks cool (or not) to me, then having some smart ass explain to me that what I want is irrelevant because "most people" want something else.

Maybe -- just maybe -- there is more than one market for tablets? Maybe some people want an iPad and maybe some people want something more powerful? Maybe?

It's possible.

15 years ago @ WMPoweruser.com - UI Centric announced t... · 4 replies · +7 points

Screw the "mobile" OSes for the tablet devices. Windows 7 + tablet-optimized shell is the best combination. I've been wanting that combo for the longest time. I kept reading people wanting CE or WP7 or Android on their tablets, and I kept thinking, why the hell would you want that? If you are spending as much (more!) than a laptop, you should get a full mature OS like Windows 7. Windows 7 (and Vista, and to a lesser extent XP) have had touch controls forever. Windows 7 has mutlitouch. This native support for touch and the fact that you can run the full MS Word, OneNote, Outlook, etc. -- this is the shiznit here.

Frankly, I'd be happy with a decent tablet with just the standard Windows 7 shell, but something like what is pictured above gives you a more touch optimized shell, so I can see how that would appeal to the general user more.

Either way, it's Windows 7! Screw the mobile OSes hwen you can have a full desktop OS and all the gazillions of apps already available!

If they have a decent 'sync' app, so you can get stuff to and from your desktop/laptop really easy, this is a winner.

15 years ago @ WMPoweruser.com - HTC HD3 & Sense 3 Concept · 1 reply · +1 points

Just realized that some poeple might thing I am advocating HTC beign able to sking WP7. Frankly, I don't care if they allow that or not. If it makes more people happier to NOT have that, then fine. But why shouldn't the user, the one spending money, not be allowed to customize their system? This is the same argument for multitasking. Sure, have it disabled by default. But give me the ability to turn it on, as the user. Not HTC, not MS, not the carrier, me. Allow ME to make that choice. But so many are against that, and I don't understand why?

15 years ago @ WMPoweruser.com - HTC HD3 & Sense 3 Concept · 2 replies · +1 points

Why do so many WP7 fanboys think customization is a zero sum game? Giving me the ability to skin WP7 will not detract from your ability to keep it plain and simple. It never has before, and there's no reason why it would in the future.

The fact that you can change your WIndows 7 background, icon sets, color theme, size, and so forth, or even go as far as to install something really custom like WindowBlinds, does not in ANY way impair a purist's ability to have a single color background and the 'classic' non-Aero theme.

15 years ago @ WMPoweruser.com - For Developers: Easily... · 0 replies · +1 points

VS2010 is fantastic, no doubt, but I wouldn't call Eclipse painful. It's gotten pretty good. But that's a moot point really, because the strength of the IDE does not offset the cost difference.

WP7 Marketplace is $99 per YEAR. Android is $25 one time. That's a pretty significant difference for hobby developers. The only way to offset the WP7 cost is through ads. You can offset $25 with a just a handful of donations.

Keep in mind that most developers on XDA that have been making awesome apps for years cannot afford $99 per year.

It remains to be seen if 'jailbreaking' WP7 will lead to a big free hobby market, but out of the box, WP7 is not hobby developer friendly. But then again, iPhone isn't either, so I'm not singling out WP7 as worse than the competition (except Android). I just don't like this trending away from hobby development.

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