HammR25 Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 Last night MS had a system update for me and it ended up being a new dashboard that has some nice new features. Apparently they're slowly rolling it out this week to everyone. My favorite new feature is that I can now pin things to a spot on the Home screen to permanently keep them there for quicker access. They've also managed to get more items on each menu at a time which is better because it means switching screens less. It includes a version of Internet Explorer. I assume some people here beta tested it. They probably know a lot more about it than I do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Gemintronic Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 (edited) Hoboy, they're trying to sneak in the Windows 8 Metro interface. I'm curious as to how people react to it. Edited October 17, 2012 by theloon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cimerians Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 Oh god........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metal Ghost Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 I think it was pretty much 'Metro-fied' with the last update. This update appears to change some things, adds things (like IE that HammR mentioned above), but I don't think it's a totally new experience or anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onlysublime Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 I just wish they could've kept the insane speed of the first beta dashboard a few weeks ago. Over the course of the beta, I guess it got slower as they added more features. now it's back to same speed or slower. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Gemintronic Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 I just wish they could've kept the insane speed of the first beta dashboard a few weeks ago. Over the course of the beta, I guess it got slower as they added more features. now it's back to same speed or slower. Welcome to the customer centric world of forced updates Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Soldier Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 I can actually read some of the stuff on the screen now. I always wondered why the menu's where so small with tons of of wasted space before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cparsley Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 yes, pinning replaces quick links, but other than that same layout except more squares per display... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onlysublime Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 actually, it's not the same layout. the tabs have been changed. now games is only 2 tabs away. and tv and video has been consolidated. more screen real estate is being used. and there's a lot of little touches that aren't readily apparent. like the huge gray blob is minimized (though, technically, depending on the theme you use, the effect on your wallpaper varies). like avatars are bigger now. but besides the cosmetic changes, lots of little details are different. even the xbox guide has been changed. yes, it would've been cool if you could totally arrange the tiles the way you like it on the home tab. but even with the pinning the way it is now, it's still better than the last dash. search is also much better integrated and it's specific for the tab you're using. so if you choose search while in games, you see game related matters. choose search while in movies, you see media related items. want generic searching? use the bing tab. last dashboard current dashboard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moycon Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 I don't have a new dash. My TV and video are still separate. Is this something they are slowly rolling out or something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onlysublime Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 they said they were doing it over the course of a couple of weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Helmet Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 Just got the update last night. Ads, ads and more ads... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atariboy Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 It's certainly no worse than it was before with advertising. I like the pins tab and Internet Explorer was neat to mess around with and might come in handy here and there. Also like that the backgrounds are a bit more visible. They were almost completely obscured on the previous dashboard. It's a slight improvement over what we had before. Still wishing we had the original dashboard, but at least they took things in a positive direction this time even if it was slight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cparsley Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 No no nooooooooooooo!!! I had a white 360 that was still on version 1 dashboard, I never want to go back there lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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