Ben_j Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 Sooo, I just installed Windows 8 Release Preview, am having a bit of a hard time adapting and all, but the worst is that absolute piece of garbage that the Music app is.First off, your own music is off screen when you open the app, with the highlight is on the music store ?! For an OS that is said to be easy to use, intuitive and accessible, that's completely off the target.Then when you browse your own music, I can almost hear Microsoft saying : "we don't want you to find the music you're looking for". Displaying an artist displays ALL of his tracks in a big mess, you can't see the list of the artist albums (not right away anyway)...Then for the worst part of this app. I play my music, then want to go back to discovering the rest of the OS, and then... When the music app is not on the foreground, the sound is lowered at 10% !!It's un-f***ing-believable how badly designed and thought this application is, it actually lacks any obvious feature anyone would want to manage and listen to his music. It's like it was coded by a bunch of monkeys on dope...I seriously hope the final version of the app is better than that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoffeeFiend Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 The entire OS is a joke IMO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xpclient Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 It's Microsoft's idea of "simplifying". Windows re-imagined and made useless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aviv00 Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 idd metro is not ready at allneed same srs apps then it could be very nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tripredacus Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 need same srs apps then it could be very niceAre you equating Windows 8 to the Sega CD? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaclaz Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 First off, your own music is off screen when you open the app, with the highlight is on the music store ?! For an OS that is said to be easy to use, intuitive and accessible, that's completely off the target.Then when you browse your own music, I can almost hear Microsoft saying : "we don't want you to find the music you're looking for". Displaying an artist displays ALL of his tracks in a big mess, you can't see the list of the artist albums (not right away anyway)...But imagine that the "main scope" of the OS is to make more money, wouldn't it then make sense to have it open on the Music Store? jaclaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joseph_sw Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 (edited) and please don't forget, by using Microsoft Store (which might include music store, someday).Microsoft were given rights to delete any 'non-appropriate' apps & data (this just might include any music thats not using MS's DRM formats).And when MS finally deletes some, you must also agree that MS have absolutely no obligation to return any deleted data back to you. Edited June 1, 2012 by Joseph_sw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tripredacus Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 and please don't forget, by using Microsoft Store (which might include music store, someday).Microsoft were given rights to delete any 'non-appropriate' apps & data (this just might include any music thats not using MS's DRM formats).Well this is because all of the Metro apps are basically tied to your Windows Live account (or whatever it will end up being now that the Live branding is getting phased out) so you can have the same apps no matter what physical computer you end up logging into. So your metro apps are tied directly into your user profile in the cloud (like a roaming profile) and not to the PC. But as far as data goes, I can't see how it would be able to delete physical data on the hard drive... well to be sure I can *imagine* it but I don't think it will be related in that way. While I suspect that soon there will be news of some rogue app that gets pulled, there is a strict process to get an app put in the marketplace. This includes going through an approval process, as well as getting a digital signature among other things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cluberti Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 This happens now with content being removed from the Zune marketplace after being available. Assuming you've purchased it, the content does stay on your disk and is perfectly usable. However, you cannot re-download it anymore at a later date, which means it's still best to have a backup copy of your user data when migrating machines just in case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
submix8c Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 (edited) ?Apparently SOMEONE is having a problem with Zune."App" is such a lovely word! Reminds me of FishVille on FaceBook..."Cloud"? Isn't that a fancy word for "someone else' server somewhere out there"?Another thread indicates that 5% of us will stick with nothing higher than Win7/Server2k8 until Win8 is "skipped". Leave this stuff to the 95% of the masses ("I just got a new iPeed! Isn't it pretty?"). How's that up/down speed to the nearby tower vs direct hookup?Sorry, I had to chime in since this Win8 subject is revealing some bad vibes.Rather than clutter the other Topics, I'm editing this post -http://phys.org/news/2012-03-windows-big-misstep-microsoft.htmlA pretty recent review. Seems like if you can drive a small car well, you could probably easily learn to drive a semi. Not so transitioning to Win8 - More like you can drive a car but now have to learn from scratch how to fly a jet... Edited June 1, 2012 by submix8c Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cluberti Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 It sounds more like a Zune login problem (which is required and keypair creation on the account / computer object first) rather than a music or marketplace issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben_j Posted June 1, 2012 Author Share Posted June 1, 2012 Another thread indicates that 5% of us will stick with nothing higher than Win7/Server2k8 until Win8 is "skipped". Leave this stuff to the 95% of the masses ("I just got a new iPeed! Isn't it pretty?"). How's that up/down speed to the nearby tower vs direct hookup?Only 5% ? At least I can say that I will be part of those 5%. I will probably get a tablet with Windows 8 though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaclaz Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 Only 5% ? Assuming that submix8c was referencing this:the 5% figure was just a conventional value for illustrative purposes (the real one probably be more near to 6 or 7% )And for NO apparent reason a repost about a new game (JFYI):jaclaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UltimateSilence Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 (edited) I will not upgrade to 8 (in spite of that beautiful Ribbon in Explorer...)Ahem, anyway.... I will not move beyond Windows 7 unless Microsoft gets their act together in the upcoming releases. I don't understand Microsoft's strategy. They want enterprise to move on to Windows 7, yet it seems like they're all for killing the desktop in Windows 8. ("I just got a new iPeed! Isn't it pretty?").Best post I've read all day. Edited June 2, 2012 by UltimateSilence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben_j Posted June 2, 2012 Author Share Posted June 2, 2012 Going back to 7 tomorrow... And on raid SSDs, so the reinstall will not have been for nothing at least Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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