ZedIndyLil
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Looks like we'll need some "Snap-optimized" browser pages
Plan to use this feature more when watching TV and sports. Also can see having a walkthrough snapped to the side for achievement hunting. Also, having my twitter feed snapped in will be nice at times.
It seems like a snapped browser window is only gonna be useful for something like a chat stream or basic single column text - or maybe a mobile formatted site. trying to navigate or read anything from a wider webpage in that narrow column is terrible.
Dat persecution complex.
This honestly goes against I expected given the comments by famousmortimer. I expected the game would be freezing up or snap wouldn't even work. If it handles this good even before the Day One patch. People getting the Xbox One at launch have nothing to worry about.
The Ui is the thing that has me most excited about the Xbox One. Hopefully I'll work well on day one.
Yes, and when he goes to the dashboard, sometimes the big box is Killer Instinct, sometimes it's IE, there's a little button on the right that seems to do something but it's not clear what it is, navigating around full-sized webpages when you can only see a thin sliver of them looks grim, to put it lightly. I think there's a lot to be confused by.
But SonyGAF said it was not true...
Part of me wishes they'd keep the aspect ratio the same. Sure it's less screen space, but man it doesn't look so hot when the game is squished...
Yes, it's getting tiresome.
Live connections were 'apocalyptic'. Snap kept crashing during some game demos. I'd wager that Microsoft may have employed these people known as 'decent programmers' to try to fix the problems. This video could be the first piece of evidence of their efforts.
oh please,
you and I both know if this video showed the UI troubles that were suggested, this thread would already be 20+ pages.
Are you trying to suggest that because it didn't crash in this 2 minute video that the people like Proelite saying that it suffers from regular daily crashes are wrong?Warrior phrasing aside, the rumors were pretty apocalyptic. What happened? Serious question. Would be interesting to hear from the insiders.
Wheres cboat at?
Same here.
I think I'll like snapping the WatchESPN app as I play through some of my sports games (franchise modes).
Looks like we'll need some "Snap-optimized" browser pages
Part of me wishes they'd keep the aspect ratio the same. Sure it's less screen space, but man it doesn't look so hot when the game is squished...
I honestly can't think of a use for this, that a phone or tablet next to you(which I normally have anyways) couldn't do. Skype? On the tablet. IE? On my phone with at least a software keyboard too. Netflix? On my tablet.
What app would you open alongside a game?
It looked like it crashed quite a lot to me.
This is why we have other devices like smartphones and tablets. Honestly this seems janky sort of. Watching football in the corner while playing a game might be cool though.
Didnt DF say developers can use that 10%
For their games? If so will games which use that 10 percent not have snap ?
Same here.
I think I'll like snapping the WatchESPN app as I play through some of my sports games (franchise modes).
Yeah, that is something I wish browsers allowed for in Windows 8.Looks like we'll need some "Snap-optimized" browser pages
Snap will be great when I want to watch sports and play games at the same time. I hope we can resize windows.
Both consoles reserve GPU. It was 10% on Xbox 360 too. Apparently there are ways of getting at that 10% on the X1, or there will be according to MS engineer/PR.Is this worth reserving 10% of the GPU? Kinda looks like the stuff a 2nd screen is for?
This can have potential. They can essentially use that space towards what they were trying to accomplish with smartglass. It would be handy for game guides as well.
it did look confusing.
I still don't really see the point. Smartphones and tablets are surely ubiquitous enough - at least in households spending $500 on a console - that this just isn't really needed?
I think it'll take some time to find nice uses for this - perhaps games publishers will make mini-websites that are designed to look good snapped alongside their game?
It's looking great. Maybe last week was only FUD as have been plenty of the rumors regarding X1.
Also, I thought that the games would stop playing and enter a custom pause screen when they were in 1/4 screen mode. It is pointless to have them playing like that.
Let's wait until we get some more sufficient evidence from MS other than a random Youtube video before claiming we have nothing to worry about.
Skype
youtube
a site with a walkthrough or faq
a video player
tv
apps like the machinima
live scores apps
the possibilities are endless just have a little imagination
yes you can do all that on a tablet or smartphone. But I don't want to look down to the and then up at my tv. Its better this way all in one screen
But SonyGAF said it was not true...
Just wait, they will come with a conspiracy theory
It's exactly the same on Windows 8. No center snap at all.