How on earth is this OS supposed to be finished in 5 weeks?

Discussion in 'Windows 10' started by nuhkka, Jun 21, 2015.

  1. dangerouseddy

    dangerouseddy MDL Junior Member

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    I doubt they have a month, they're probably already going through the builds to pick the rtm release candidate.
     
  2. Taliseian

    Taliseian MDL Junior Member

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    I would like to give some constructive criticism about this...

    But since MS, in its infinite wisdom, haven't given Insiders a newer build than 10130, it's pretty much impossible to say something other than if the final build is anything close to 10130 we'll have a disaster on par with Windows Millennium or Vista.


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  3. PaulDesmond

    PaulDesmond MDL Magnet

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    they give out some critical builds like 10130 to receive special feedback on certain issues which they do not want to handle internally. All other testings are done at "home" like it was in the past. Insider program is nothing else than promoting the new OS
     
  4. lucidus

    lucidus MDL Member

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    Quick Access bugs me the most. Last time I tried, pins in QA are the same as the ones in the taskbar. I keep them separated and this change is very annoying.

    I stopped caring about their start menu when I got to see it reduced to a Win9x style menu and internet search which can not be disabled. Long live Classic Shell.
     
  5. mysteriously

    mysteriously Guest

    #185 mysteriously, Jun 27, 2015
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    I think they will push one more build for Insiders in 2 weeks or so, the last one before RTM. It would be like RTM candidate, without any major bugs.

    I had few Insiders builds and has found nothing more user friendly in comparison to Win 7. I like Win 95 icons more and this new awful start menu makes me vomit. ON/OFF buttons in control panel settings... gimme a break.
    However there are some things they improved in 10...

    I'll see if RTM version is faster than 7 on my laptop. If so then I will use it. If insiders gonna get it for free (and opt-out for new builds) then then why don't use it?
     
  6. LEGGYMAMBO

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    #186 LEGGYMAMBO, Jun 28, 2015
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    I can honestly say this is the ugliest os I've ever seen. Way too "app'y" for my liking. If this is the future of the most common os available then god help us. There should really be an option to install this without the "store" and all the crap apps it installs. If I want to know what the weather is like next week, or if I want to catch up on the news, I'll use my phone thanks.

    Appears that everyone love's Win 7, so why they didn't build from that and make this even better god only knows.

    I feel this has been too rushed, and no way near ready for RTM from what I've seen, and I've been a beta tester for MS since Win 95 (chicago). FFS, no update for insiders for a month so close to RTM. Once upon a time, we'd get a release more than once a week.

    This os is purely about money, nothing more. MS keep saying they want to listen to everyone about this os, I don't think they've listened one little bit, and they should really hang their heads in shame over it.
     
  7. Espionage724

    Espionage724 MDL Expert

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    #187 Espionage724, Jun 28, 2015
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    One issue I find annoying is lack-of certain media support still. Very few of the media I have that's in .mkv with subtitles either doesn't play outright, has no video, or has no subtitles. Neither WMP nor the Music app support .oga formats (which is only a typical .ogg with an extension to specify that it's audio-only).
     
  8. gnugeek

    gnugeek MDL Member

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    ^^ True. Microsoft can't even get basic things right. Eg. Subtitle support and control over size font and showing them in the black bars below the actual movie frame.

    Right now my embedded subtitles show up at top left corner and that too in some very large font. Makes me cringe.
     
  9. pauldamo

    pauldamo MDL Senior Member

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    you do know you don't have to pin the apps to start or even use them for that matter.
     
  10. maxb2000

    maxb2000 MDL Member

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    Good luck for you. For me in the Movies and TV apps the subtitiles doesn't work even I set them from CC section and when I want to skip a part the app crashes.
     
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  11. Shayne

    Shayne MDL Addicted

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    #191 Shayne, Jun 29, 2015
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    Leaving them on 10130 when 10147 is available is a stroke in PR genius. In M$ we trust, all hail M$.

    Regards

    Edit: anyone else having a bit of trouble knowing what window is active? Is there a setting for this somewhere?