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[GP007]

I honestly think 720p as the native res could stick around for quite some time actually, I think that anything higher on 4.5" and smaller screens could be overkill and most people wouldn't notice a difference. It's a different story if we're talking of DPI though, like what Apple does, you can keep the res the same and just bump the DPI to 300+ and have a difference that way.

I also want to see MS allow hub extensions. So far we've been waiting for MS to extend support in the different "hubs" like People and Message etc. It'd be great if the WP8 SDK had support for an API to let 3rd party sites, services add their own support to the hubs when you download the extension/add-on. Like some photo sharing site having an add-on for the pictures hub so you can support it like it does skydrive and facebook right now. That sort of thing would be huge and fit better into MS's idea behind using the hubs and not apps for every little thing.

[daniel_washere]

The ability to disable the search button in games.

[Dirk]

How do you do that app navigation you guys were talking about with the alphabet? I can't find out how to turn that on. I just have to scroll all the way through.

Also after using the phone for about a week I wish there was a faster way to change the ringer from vibrate to sound. I know I can tap the volume and click the icon but I wish that if I double tapped volume down or up it would change it without having to touch the screen. The only reason I say that is so I could do it in my pocket without having to take it out.

[GP007]

Dirk, on 17 April 2012 - 11:39, said:

How do you do that app navigation you guys were talking about with the alphabet? I can't find out how to turn that on. I just have to scroll all the way through.

Also after using the phone for about a week I wish there was a faster way to change the ringer from vibrate to sound. I know I can tap the volume and click the icon but I wish that if I double tapped volume down or up it would change it without having to touch the screen. The only reason I say that is so I could do it in my pocket without having to take it out.

Once you have a set ammount of apps installed (forget how many exactly) the letters will automatically show up for you in the app list. If I remember correctly it's probably 30 items, once you have 30 or more items in the list then you'll get it.

As for the vibrate thing, I dunno how good double tapping the volume down button would be, when I change the volume on my phone I don't just press and hold the button, and actually repeatedly tap down or up till it goes to where I want. There might be another way to do it that would work best, maybe just pressing volume down and holding it for a set period of time would work better.

[GP007]

dipsylalapo, on 17 April 2012 - 11:57, said:

A lot of what I'd like is already on here.

Better way to organise apps, easier method to switch between ringer, silence and vibrate. Ability to manipulate tile size would be quite cool too. (sure this isn't possible yet)

Seeing how some Windows 8 apps have live tiles that can be single or double depending on how much info the user wants to see then maybe this could make it's way to WP8. But if it doesn't then it could simply be because of the smaller screen sizes compared to a 10" tablet or netbook etc.

[moloko]

Did MS just throw away the thought of a database file system that they wanted to put in Win 7 long long ago?

[DevilsNotDead]

remove all the annoyance in WP7

[psreloaded]

Dirk, on 17 April 2012 - 11:39, said:

How do you do that app navigation you guys were talking about with the alphabet? I can't find out how to turn that on. I just have to scroll all the way through. Also after using the phone for about a week I wish there was a faster way to change the ringer from vibrate to sound. I know I can tap the volume and click the icon but I wish that if I double tapped volume down or up it would change it without having to touch the screen. The only reason I say that is so I could do it in my pocket without having to take it out.

The jump tiles should automatically appear once you have around 50 apps

[Muhammad Farrukh]

DevilsNotDead, on 18 April 2012 - 05:56, said:

remove all the annoyance in WP7

There isn't any
Except for a few of course

[GP007]

moloko, on 18 April 2012 - 05:40, said:

Did MS just throw away the thought of a database file system that they wanted to put in Win 7 long long ago?

Not really, WP7s FS is like that, you don't go around managing folders and stuff. Also Win8 uses the idea as well, to an extent. Folders and folder trees are there for desktop use in Win8 but if all you're doing is on the metro side of things then it's all metadata driven as to what shows up where and accessed by what program.

Hell, if you actually use the libraries in Win7 then you're using the "database" features of the file system. On a Windows 8 ARM tablet I don't expect anyone to actually go in and mess with folders and folder locations of files etc.

[DevilsNotDead]

Muhammad Farrukh, on 18 April 2012 - 07:42, said:

There isn't any
Except for a few of course

Do you own a WP7? I guess you dont because if you do you would know there are tons of annoyance.
It is just too painful to use sometimes.

[M_Lyons10]

SSL VPN thank you very much. lol

[M_Lyons10]

DevilsNotDead, on 18 April 2012 - 15:39, said:

Do you own a WP7? I guess you dont because if you do you would know there are tons of annoyance.
It is just too painful to use sometimes.

I don't have any issues with it now that the disappearing keyboard issue is gone. I love my Windows Phone.

[GP007]

DevilsNotDead, on 18 April 2012 - 15:39, said:

Do you own a WP7? I guess you dont because if you do you would know there are tons of annoyance.
It is just too painful to use sometimes.

I'm sure there are somethings to point to but that's the same on any platform, plus what troubles one person doesn't bother the next. It'd help if you named off some things though, then we'd have more to go on.

[jakem1]

Muhammad Farrukh, on 18 April 2012 - 07:42, said:

There isn't any
Except for a few of course

Don't feed the troll.