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It depends on what you mean by killer... For me, the killer feature would be not allowing used games, because it would kill my desire to upgrade. I buy 9 out of 10 games new, but I don't want to lose the option. I'm also not thrilled about the rumor of requiring the Xbox to always be online. Most people aren't fooled by the marketing speak on the subject. Always online is a vehicle for DRM.

But, in the spirit of your request, I'm simply looking for more parity with the PC experience -- performance and graphics.

On another topic, Microsoft needs to put out an update to the Channel 9 app that allows you to add comments.

I thought I'd mention that the annoying GUI in Jurassic Park is a real Unix GUI. It's called FSN.

I use Windows Live Mail right now to manage my Hotmail account (which has been migrated to Outlook.com) and two GMail accounts. I use the Hotmail account for things like my MSDN subscription, but one of the two GMail accounts is my primary one. GMail is my primary account because the UX is so much better on my Android phone than Hotmail in the messaging app.

I generally leave Live Mail open all day and I use Outlook for work. I could use Outlook for everything, but it complains if I'm not connected to the VPN to get to the Exchange server. Overall the reasons why I'm not actively using the web interface are as follows:

1. Support for combined accounts is no where near as good
2. An Internet Explorer page is more than 2x more memory than Live Mail

The Web is not the solution to everything.

Happy Valentine's Day!

I don't really think anything needs to be changed with the show.

17 hours ago, Paul II wrote

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I agree with the font on the navigation pane.  We need to try something else there.  And I also agree that "Mythly Studios" should be offset from the navigation.

We initially had it so that the navigation was collapsible, but it seemed cumbersome to have two collapsible columns.  Maybe we'll have it collapsible, but have it shown by default.

Thanks for the feedback!

You're welcome.

Perhaps you could tie it to video playback and just expand the pane when the pane is too small for the video.

The mythly.com website is well designed. I have a couple of points of interest. The navigation font just doesn't feel right. I'm not sure if it's the font itself or the spacing. The name should be offset from the navigation. Also the middle pane is too constrained where the video is shown. Either let the navigation pane be collapsible or provide more resizing options.

On other note, I liked the content on the digital magazine. That would actually make me more interested in that type of content (whether on my notebook or when I get a Surface). Another idea which is a tie-in to the show (it's my idea and I claim it) is you could set achievements for viewing ads and have some type of reward system.

As for achievements in general, I don't really care that much. I like that they're there, but my gamer score is pretty low considering the number of games I've played. It's more about the story or the activity for me.

I'm looking at the Pro. I wasn't impressed with the RT display. Everything on the Pro is what I'm looking for, so if anything it's the real world battery life that will make or break the sale. I'd probably get an RT too for my daughter to play with, but the price is going to have to come down.

I love this series. I know they're all about the tools, but don't be afraid to go on a slight tangent to cover some topic that isn't necessarily well understood. You guys seem to know where these points are and you do a great job of explaining briefly, but in some cases I don't think it'd hurt to expound on it.

The most notable thing I did during the holidays was play with my new Netduino Go. I got a starter kit for Christmas. And I had a good time exploring how it all worked together. At times I also worked on some EF code first models for a project I have going at work.

This is my second attempt at a comment. The first failed with the message "We're sorry. Something has gone terribly wrong." The Reference value was blank.

I don't care about marijuana. However, I don't think it should be illegal. I'm big on States rights and I'm interested to see how the feds will respond to it. I see their reaction being a backdoor approach -- perhaps something tied into the Obamacare blackhole.

I hope future show questions are more technically oriented.