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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OI3shBXlqsw

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/417353-The-Radio/6b5f04e2157e441a8742a1aa01147974#6b5f04e2157e441a8742a1aa01147974 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 16:46:36 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/417353-The-Radio/6b5f04e2157e441a8742a1aa01147974#6b5f04e2157e441a8742a1aa01147974 dentaku 854 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/dentaku/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Creative use of street view That works quite well. Of course it goes by quite fast so they can make smooth video with the small amount of images they have to work with.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Creative-use-of-street-view/c2b7c3630234452f8f2aa19c00f7629f#c2b7c3630234452f8f2aa19c00f7629f Wed, 10 Apr 2013 15:00:42 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Creative-use-of-street-view/c2b7c3630234452f8f2aa19c00f7629f#c2b7c3630234452f8f2aa19c00f7629f dentaku 13 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/dentaku/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - The Radio The three bears are weird looking guys Smiley
 

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/417353-The-Radio/7f9e9acf7eb74dbb9506a18a000600c2#7f9e9acf7eb74dbb9506a18a000600c2 Sat, 23 Mar 2013 00:21:51 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/417353-The-Radio/7f9e9acf7eb74dbb9506a18a000600c2#7f9e9acf7eb74dbb9506a18a000600c2 dentaku 854 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/dentaku/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - IE10 for Win7 - anyone installed yet? I've noticed that if I try to upload something to Skydrive in IE10 it just gives me a regular file selection box instead of how it used to work where you could drag files into your browser window.
I don't use SkyDrive very often so maybe that's just the way it works now but I'm thinking maybe it's because I installed IE10.

I love having a built in spellchecker though Smiley

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/IE10-for-Win7-anyone-installed-yet/e10cab592761464eb37ea18500baf89b#e10cab592761464eb37ea18500baf89b Mon, 18 Mar 2013 11:20:44 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/IE10-for-Win7-anyone-installed-yet/e10cab592761464eb37ea18500baf89b#e10cab592761464eb37ea18500baf89b dentaku 23 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/dentaku/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - So... does IE10 in Win7 let you use ClearType? Oops, I guess I missed that.

, Bas wrote

You asked this before, and the answer is still "yes, it does."

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/So-does-IE10-in-Win7-let-you-use-ClearType/e3e01e94bce340a6ade3a1820001436a#e3e01e94bce340a6ade3a1820001436a Fri, 15 Mar 2013 00:04:35 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/So-does-IE10-in-Win7-let-you-use-ClearType/e3e01e94bce340a6ade3a1820001436a#e3e01e94bce340a6ade3a1820001436a dentaku 4 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/dentaku/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - So... does IE10 in Win7 let you use ClearType? I see that Windows Update has IE10 ready for me to install in Win7.
Can anyone who's already using it confirm that in Win7, IE10 still uses ClearType? (unlike in Win8 which makes it unusable for me).

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/So-does-IE10-in-Win7-let-you-use-ClearType/13268f2c7b03455f961ea18101711479#13268f2c7b03455f961ea18101711479 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 22:23:46 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/So-does-IE10-in-Win7-let-you-use-ClearType/13268f2c7b03455f961ea18101711479#13268f2c7b03455f961ea18101711479 dentaku 4 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/dentaku/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - The Radio It's great to see someone who can sing so well live.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/417353-The-Radio/0e3c11f160154878873da17700f13b93#0e3c11f160154878873da17700f13b93 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 14:38:18 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/417353-The-Radio/0e3c11f160154878873da17700f13b93#0e3c11f160154878873da17700f13b93 dentaku 854 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/dentaku/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - The Radio @DCMonkey:I haven't heard Dead Can Dance very many years Smiley He sounds allot like David Bowie at times.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/417353-The-Radio/b1dacf4f1e854fb4af28a17700ee301a#b1dacf4f1e854fb4af28a17700ee301a Mon, 04 Mar 2013 14:27:12 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/417353-The-Radio/b1dacf4f1e854fb4af28a17700ee301a#b1dacf4f1e854fb4af28a17700ee301a dentaku 854 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/dentaku/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - How does this URL work? There are lots of .net websites out there. It's a common top level domain name just like .com, .org etc. so there's nothing special about it. In most cases it has noting to do with .NET (in capital letters) from Microsoft.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/How-does-this-URL-work/457a0129282f45aba061a17600fc586b#457a0129282f45aba061a17600fc586b Sun, 03 Mar 2013 15:18:45 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/How-does-this-URL-work/457a0129282f45aba061a17600fc586b#457a0129282f45aba061a17600fc586b dentaku 8 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/dentaku/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - IE10 for Win7 - anyone installed yet? Can it still use Cleartype in Win7?
If it doesn't, I'm not installing IE10 because it hurts my eyes not to have Cleartype.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/IE10-for-Win7-anyone-installed-yet/1e7f34dd9dc3496999aba17200c95751#1e7f34dd9dc3496999aba17200c95751 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 12:13:03 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/IE10-for-Win7-anyone-installed-yet/1e7f34dd9dc3496999aba17200c95751#1e7f34dd9dc3496999aba17200c95751 dentaku 23 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/dentaku/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - So I'm flying to Seattle next week... But if you get a job at this unnamed company it means that you won't post on this certain forum we all know anymore just like Little Guru ended up doing.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/So-Im-flying-to-Seattle-next-week/76731d4fdbae4710ae38a16c0038a0e2#76731d4fdbae4710ae38a16c0038a0e2 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 03:26:10 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/So-Im-flying-to-Seattle-next-week/76731d4fdbae4710ae38a16c0038a0e2#76731d4fdbae4710ae38a16c0038a0e2 dentaku 25 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/dentaku/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Surface Pro + BlueStack = Surface Does. I've tried Bluestacks on 2 different machines this summer and it refused to run on one machine because the GPU wasn't good enough and after getting it to start on a slightly more modern machine it just ended restarting the entire OS with no warning. I haven't seen an app crash that way since the early XP days.

I like the concept though. I hope it keeps getting better.

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, evildictait​or wrote

30 GB is still a lot if all you want to do is install a few apps, browse the Internet and watch movies and videos streamed from YouTube and Netflix.



That's true, but realistically the reason for getting an Intel based tablet isn't for only those types of tasks. If you just want a consumption device you'd be better off buying the RT or a much cheaper Android tablet which should both have very good battery life.
People who buy the Surface Pro probably want it to do more than just that so the 128GB model is almost a necessity for them.

If they fix the problems people are having with getting SD cards to integrate into the OS more like an internal HDD or SSD (which they've promised) then the 64GB model might be OK because you could store all your large videos and photos on a 64GB SD card.

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]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/I-admit-it-I-just-dont-get-the-smart-phone-thing/03688e0239e8477f95a3a15f018505d2#03688e0239e8477f95a3a15f018505d2 Fri, 08 Feb 2013 23:36:23 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/I-admit-it-I-just-dont-get-the-smart-phone-thing/03688e0239e8477f95a3a15f018505d2#03688e0239e8477f95a3a15f018505d2 dentaku 29 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/dentaku/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - I admit it, I just don't get the smart-phone thing I've never owned a cellphone of any sort. I wouldn't mind having the GPS stuff but I guess it's not necessary because I've been in some rather remote places and I've always found my way back Smiley

When I'm not at home I'm away from my computer so carrying around a mobile web browsing device kinda defeats the purpose of getting out of the house. I also don't like getting calls at home so getting them when I'm outside just seems annoying.

I still might get a Lumia of some sort if the successor to the 920 turns out to be amazing and the cellphone provider situation in Canada becomes more tolerable.

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Rogers only just got HSPA in my area after being stuck with Edge for so long and there's obviously no word on LTE. Why in the world did Rogers get a 6 month exclusive on the Lumia 920?

On the other hand they FINALLY offer the Lumia 920 in colours other than black.
You can special order the white, yellow and red now.


, Harlequin wrote

I was hoping to get a 920, but the phone contracts up here in Canada are almost criminal.

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, Quppa wrote

Seems very unlikely that the absence of ClearType sub-pixel anti-aliasing is a bug - it's missing from the Metro/Modern/Immersive environment in Windows 8 and also random elements of the desktop UI (the clock, the language switcher, Windows Explorer window titles, titles in taskbar window previews and likely elsewhere), not to mention IE10 and Office 2013.

We can only speculate as to why it's fallen out of favour - possibly due to its incompatibility with tablets that need to support multiple screen orientations.



Yup I agree, that's true and we've all known for quite some time that Cleartype doesn't work well when rotated in portrait mode and it's probably the main reason for it's phasing out (plus MS hoping that everyone will buy new devices with super high PPI displays) but it still annoys allot of people that we desktop users simply can't choose to turn it back on.
It's not the design choices that annoy me and many other people, it's the fact that we don't have the option to modify it back to what's more acceptable to US.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Thread-locking/c27e530704f04090a0faa15b00fc3afe#c27e530704f04090a0faa15b00fc3afe Mon, 04 Feb 2013 15:18:20 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/Thread-locking/c27e530704f04090a0faa15b00fc3afe#c27e530704f04090a0faa15b00fc3afe dentaku 19 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/dentaku/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - Congratulations, Dr. Groot!!

, Ian2 wrote

... Dr Groot!  Congratulations! You have arrived! (you may have to cut your hair)


Yup, you just might have to look presentable now Smiley

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, NitzWalsh wrote

There aren't affordable Retina displays yet for the PC, so scratch the second excuse.  Years from now it will be viable to get rid of it, but certainly not now.  It doesn't help matters that Windows DPI scaling is all but useless.

Agreed, the font rendering is awful.  I like IE10's speed but no way am I using it with that atrocious rendering (1080p at 23").

 

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Here's Aluna with Disclosure

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, evildictait​or wrote

@kettch:

Let's put it in perspective. There are a over a billion users of MS Windows. If only 10,000 of them are annoyed at any given feature, that's only 0.00001% of Windows' userbase. If everyone else is satisfied, that's a 99.99999% satisfaction rating.

Or the rest just don't care anymore or if they do they just feel powerless which is one more step towards Windows becoming irrelevant to the average consumer (who primarilly uses their computer for consuming).

 

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Thank you kettch.

By the way...
I used Daniel's article as an example because I know some people with the power to actually fix things listen to them. As for complaints about features, I think Windows Phone is handled by some pretty competent people that really care about their product.

It's when it comes to Win8/RT that the stereotypical big bumbling Microsoft needs the most help from us users.

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SO... I wonder how many of these people at least read articles from reputable websites like WPCentral?
Is the way to get our concerns heard simply to make sure that the people who actually have a chance of getting heard know what the majority of us (mostly tech geeks) care about most? Using people like WPCentral as a go-between?

Daniel Rubino just wrote an article named "8 things that Microsoft needs to fix in Windows Phone 8 right now".
He didn't come up with all those points by himself. He's a journalist (in the modern online kind of way) and his job involves listening to what the users of Microsoft products want and need, things most of us can agree should be done to keep the slow moving goliath company moving in the right direction.

So... Complaining on C9 which is owned by a team at Microsoft just leads to other 9ers saying "stop complaining" and probably isn't going to help anyway because the higher ups stopped listening to complaints from geeks on forums a LONG time ago.

Other than the forums at WPCentral, for example, where else is a good place for people to voice their concerns about weaknesses in MS products? Somewhere where the people running the site can spot trends on what the people want/need and then write about them in a more organized way that has a chance to get noticed.

I know Long Zheng doesn't want to do a Win8 Taskforce website but a similar site would be nice too.

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http://www.theverge.com/2013/1/24/3909426/nokia-3d-printing-lumia-820-hands-on#140075707
It would be a fun experiment to use an 820 to start the process of making a case for itself Smiley

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