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16 minutes ago, magicalclick wrote

@Michael Butler:

I lost The Harvest (RPG), Tentacles, DoDon something something (that Japanese vertical airplane shooter game with tons of bullets all over the screen). I was quite excited to play that DoDon something game on my new phone because my older phone gets a bit slower when the screen gets too busy, but, I cannot find the game in the store anymore.

Yes. The Harvest is telling me

"Your version of the Windows Phone software is not supported by this application"

So maybe it will be available if/when they upgrade.

1 day ago, magicalclick wrote

Compare to my WinPh7, my winph8 is not doing what it should.

• auto-correction is not as good. Key cursor moves around in inappropriate places when I type this. Map doesn't have fav list. Map doesn't do turn by turn navigation anymore. Map direction is whacky. Music can't shuffle my entire collection. Music cannot do FM radio. And three of my Xbox Live games I bought can no longer be found on the marketplace.

Is my WinPh8 dying on me? Or he just hates me?

I've lost my two XBox Star Wars games. Both the Hoth thing and Cantina thing won't reinstall as they are no longer published. Oh and the XBox Live Full house Poker won't install either but I haven't checked that one for a week or so.

Which games have you lost?

43 minutes ago, contextfree` wrote

Good luck to Julie, Jensen & co.  ... please follow through on what you started with Windows 8.

Seconded. We've still got very talented people in charge at Windows. Believe in your vision. The only thing I'd ask you to change, is to be more open and follow the example of Scott Guthrie and his teams.

I suppose when you've shipped two versions of Windows, a few versions of Office then there isn't much challenge left for a guy at Microsoft. Be interested to see what he does next.

A way to review app notification history from all apps would be a nice addition to Windows 8. Especially as when I'm in desktop mode, I don't always notice the notifications. Would be nice to be able to click a list to see what I've missed.

Some interesting sessions there. Look forward to getting the on-demand videos.

I had a similiar smooth upgrade path. Only two pieces of software had to be uninstalled first, and one of them was Security Essentials. Found a couple of anomolies, including all my Zune Podcast subscriptions being disabled but they were quick to re-enable.

One of the smoothest upgrades yet.

Looking forward to it. Hopefully my current Zune account can be "upgraded" easily.

Are Microsoft not risking the wrath of the EU by "bundling" a free ad supported streaming app with Windows 8?

My MSDN account has a Windows Store code. I'm a UK developer but work for a big US corporate, so I've no idea what my country status is with regards to MSDN.

I prefer Fast and Fluid. Or FAF as it will become to be known by Enterprise developers.