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Latest Xbox One Update releases to Insiders Today (Fluent Design)
- Thread starter RoKKeR
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Trapper Dave
Neo Member
Is it just my imagination, or are the number of prevalent adverts on the Xbox dashboard increasing?
There's no more ads than there were on the last/current dashboard. The home page is basically reorganised of what we have now.
Not super encouraging first impressions on the rest of it though...
I think the idea is 'add to home' replacing pins
not that I think its a good idea
and you can't add apps to home
same ads, but they're much more prominent now
I don't see how both of these things are great.
- The New Guide is Horizontal, which is already a huge minus. Additionally, you need more button presses to access things now. Friends are not listed immediately anymore... No, you actually have to click on them again, to access the list for example.
- When they said "Customize Home", I thought you could have the Customization all on one screen and not have an endless list of things that you can access faster with the Guide anyways.
Still the same. One promoted game advertisement, the one for games with gold(don't see this as an ad personally), and one suggestion tile.
I don't see it as a problem personally. The promotion spot is good for visibility, discovering content, and it's always relevant to content you can purchase in the store. The games with gold tile is good because it drives people to actually download their free games. I'd rather they put the free games front and center like that than try and hide them away.
Which is a horrible idea, not only does it take up way too much space compared to just a small tile it's just MS way of forcing streams/mixer. Mixer having it's own tab was bad enough now it'll be all over your home screen too. The achievement tile is neat but that's it.
Honestly this whole update screams "how can we promote our ads and mixer better" not "personalization"
Mrstriker09
Member
I thought it was cool MS changing the UI every year but now Im tired of it lol
VincentMatts
Member
This is the first time Xbox does a UI update that i dont want. I wish i could just not update to it. I absolutely hate the new UI.
MS is incapable of doing something functional and sleek anymore. And it doesnt even look that functional. What a terrible new design.
Why is the horizontal layout a huge minus ?! Imo its much better than the vertival layout because you can use the bumpers to switch tabs.
One more button to press is not the best solution, but it doesnt bother me that much (and I have the feeling it loads the friends faster now)
I was confused at first thinking you'd censored the background for some reason.
Goodness me.
Make sure to leave feedback on the forums and whatnot. I doubt it'll make any difference, but you never know if there's enough outcry.
Alx
Member
It's worth noticing that the new avatar editor seems to be pre-installed too (it appears with "beta" on its icon), but it doesn't do anything yet, only displays a "work in progress" page. I guess it means we'll get to test it soon. 
Go to Settings / System / Update, you can trigger the update manually if you have access to it.
Yeah, ideally Oneguide should display the last TV frame in the app image buffer (there is alwas one, since when you resume the app you can see a still picture of the last thing you were watching).
Go to Settings / System / Update, you can trigger the update manually if you have access to it.
Yeah, ideally Oneguide should display the last TV frame in the app image buffer (there is alwas one, since when you resume the app you can see a still picture of the last thing you were watching).
VincentMatts
Member
I sent it directly to Mike.
digoutyoursoul
Member
I have been posting quite a bit about Achievement completion for a while in feedback , it is bizarre they have removed that from 360 , they know there are many cheevo hunters out there! Even Mike Ybarra talks about completing games 100%, surely it's crossed his mind at some point? I find the way they think to be odd on occasion.
Seems to be an issue with this months GwG's store pages, it acts as if you don't have them with GWG. Paniced for a second thinking I didn't grab them but as they still appear in RTI and on the website store so they should be fine, for now I would probably avoid getting the GwG's through the console itself just incase
Zvonimir Boban
Banned
First impressions are that it looks rubbish, I really, really don't like that the home screen doesn't have the dash/guide bar thing on the left side of the screen. It looks so bare and unfinished now.
I'll see if I've got the update later and hopefully the customisation options will make up for the poor first impression.
I'll see if I've got the update later and hopefully the customisation options will make up for the poor first impression.
You mustve never been a part of the alpha for NXOE a couple years ago. My XB1 was damn near useless for a week. Get out the alpha and go beta if this is a problem for you.
Jaguar Victory
Member
Just make the home page totally customizable for position and size.
TLZ
Banned
That's what I do then. I thought there was a quicker way. Why couldn't they just add a quit/close game option after a long home button press.
LordBaztion
Member
After watching the windows central overview, I have some impression.
First, the horizontal layout of the guide seems counterintuitive, when it was vertical it looked like an extension of the of the screen. Really dislike what they compressed to the friends and messages lists, one of the great thing of the current Xbox UI is that I can easily access to friend while playing without interrupting much of the game screen.
The home pins looks useless, there is too little information and most seems useless. It would have been better to have a selection of LFG for homed games. The way out is presented, overimposes the game image over my background image.
Again, to many adds. It's incredibly confusing to have adds by your current game. That spot should be for your recent apps. And, for god's sake, reduce the adds.
First, the horizontal layout of the guide seems counterintuitive, when it was vertical it looked like an extension of the of the screen. Really dislike what they compressed to the friends and messages lists, one of the great thing of the current Xbox UI is that I can easily access to friend while playing without interrupting much of the game screen.
The home pins looks useless, there is too little information and most seems useless. It would have been better to have a selection of LFG for homed games. The way out is presented, overimposes the game image over my background image.
Again, to many adds. It's incredibly confusing to have adds by your current game. That spot should be for your recent apps. And, for god's sake, reduce the adds.
VincentMatts
Member
This is my problem. They seem to be focusing a lot on speed and customization, but no focus is actually on the sleekness of the design or how intuitive is it. Its fucking ugly. It being fast doesnt make up for the fact that everytime a look at it i wanna vomit. I mean imagine if Apple did something like this lol, theyd get trashed. Theres no attention to detail.
The customizable pins are way too big, why is taking all that room this necessary?? Then they force the mixer feeds in the friend pins, as if having a dedicated mixer tab wasn't already enough for that....
Then that top image of the last thing you used, so ugly when its an app. Everything seems to take way too much room and isnt even visually pleasing. Literally no effort is put on the visual appeal of the design. The way it is now is fine, why change it to make it ugly......who liked this?? Who approved this design?? It looks like it was made by amateurs. This is still microsoft isnt it?? I already despise the minimalist win10 design and this seems to shove that even further down your throat, only much much uglier.
This honestly makes me wanna just keep using my ps4 pro as my primary platform, and im not even joking.
digoutyoursoul
Member
Spot on, never been much of a fan of PSN and Live was always my much preferred preference but with Xbox One as the years pass, more and more I find faults with it and it ruins my experience of the console. I'm sick of it to be honest.
MightyHedgehog
Member
I understand and agree with most of the criticisms, but I hope you guys in the alpha are submitting feedback on the site so the development team gets your views of the new update directly. I mean, it's a work-in-progress, but this thing needs some serious tweaking from preview members' input with only about three months to go before they likely roll out. Maybe we can get them to seriously rethink the home screen and improve pins.
Boot, Xbox button, my games and apps... Massive list.
Not really a boot and full list on the dash, but it's as close as we will get until/if MS increase the number of pins.
It's because the native apps don't have a 'game hub' and therefore don't have any artwork uploaded. They should sort it out, it was the same in the last dash.
digoutyoursoul
Member
Been doing that since preview programme started, feels like a waste of time these days.
Calm Killer
In all media, only true fans who consume every book, film, game, or pog collection deserve to know what's going on.
I enjoy the layout so far.
Pros:
Quick and snappy.
Easy to navigate.
Compact and simple.
Cons:
Less Pins now. I wanted more.
Home screen. If I pin something to home. I can not organize them in the order I want. I want pins to be the first thing I get when I move down. I have to repin everything in a specific order to get this currently. This means I will most likely not use the Home function at all.
I wish the tile on the home screen was transparent so I could see the background.
Pros:
Quick and snappy.
Easy to navigate.
Compact and simple.
Cons:
Less Pins now. I wanted more.
Home screen. If I pin something to home. I can not organize them in the order I want. I want pins to be the first thing I get when I move down. I have to repin everything in a specific order to get this currently. This means I will most likely not use the Home function at all.
I wish the tile on the home screen was transparent so I could see the background.
The Pet of the Month
Member
shawnoftheshred
Member
I believe this is a bug. There was a tutorial on moving blocks, but when I try myself the X1 just crashes to a black screen. For moving oins themselves within the block I think they made it so now press start or menu or whatever that button is called?
SlipperyFishes
Banned
You can't actually remove the one that is in the marketing materials. Currently that tab is an Xbox Insiders section asking for feedback.
I agree with him though. There is no reason that should be a high priority on the screen. If I want to follow someone, I will go into the friends section to do it.
Maybe the fact the reaction to the new UI has been almost universally negative will encourage them to pull it, because I have to admit what they have there is a clear step back from what we currently have.
The current vertical sidebar that pops out when you hit your home button is pretty much perfect as it is.
The current vertical sidebar that pops out when you hit your home button is pretty much perfect as it is.
digoutyoursoul
Member
Universally negative? I hate this update but I've seen plenty of plaudits for the team on social media today.