Is it just my imagination, or are the number of prevalent adverts on the Xbox dashboard increasing?
Great:
New Guide
Custom Home
Bad:
Fewer pins, I mean wtf i wanted more -.-
Suggested Friends on home screen -.-
Advertisement tile too prominent now
Half of the home screen pic is not visible
Is it just my imagination, or are the number of prevalent adverts on the Xbox dashboard increasing?
Great:
New Guide
Custom Home
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.Is it just my imagination, or are the number of prevalent adverts on the Xbox dashboard increasing?
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.I think the idea is 'add to home' replacing pins
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"
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.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.
looks really bad when most recent item is an app
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.
Anyone know how to force this update? I am in alpha preview.
looks really bad when most recent item is an app
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.
Played with it before dinner, seems like they just moved things around again for the sake of it.
Why do they keep changing it unnecessarily? I was finally just getting use to the current one. :|
All I keep asking for is a completed Achievement section, something for finishing a game, why do they keep ignoring it?! :'(
This dash is a broken mess.. trying to rearrange sections/tiles makes the whole system completely unresponsive... I know this is alpha branch but man, this is the worst I've seen it.
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.
I usually mash the home button and then with the app/game highlighted, I just press the Menu Button and down to quit. Easy.Why's it still a chore to close a game? Or is it just me that can't find the quit option easily?
Why's it still a chore to close a game? Or is it just me that can't find the quit option easily?
I usually mash the home button and then with the app/game highlighted, I just press the Menu Button and down to quit. Easy.
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.Press the start/view/menu button (whatever the one on the right is) on the tile from either the guide or the home screen and the option will be there.
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.
I guess because they have the resume feature running. Maybe they could add a full quit option instead of resuming but I am not sure that many people would want that.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.
Guide is fast as hell now. Home is ugly as hell now.
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.
KNOWN ISSUES:
Installations may fail
Apps may fail to install immediately after taking the update
Workaround: Reboot your console immediately after updating to the latest system update
Pins on Home
Moving and editing pin blocks may cause console to crash to Home
Workaround: None at this time
Xbox Insider Hub loses focuses
Upon opening ‘Quickpoll' from the main menu, the Xbox Insider Hub will lose focus, impacting use of the app
Workaround: Return to Home briefly before re-opening the Xbox Insider Hub
Xbox Insider Hub may not launch properly
You may experience sign-in or launch issues when using the Xbox Insider Hub
Workaround: Remove your Profile from the console in Settings and re-download prior to launching Xbox Insider Hub
Boot, Xbox button, my games and apps... Massive list.All I want to do is boot a video game console and have a list of my games sorted alphabetically or by last played and maybe have folders if I can be arsed to set them up. Why is this so hard for them?
looks really bad when most recent item is an app
and they might as well remove the option of bg colors at this point
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.
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.
I mean I see it as pointless but completely unacceptable seems a bit of a stretch haha.Suggested friends in the Home screen is completely unacceptable.
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?Cons:
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.
Suggested friends in the Home screen is completely unacceptable.
Press X to remove it - it's an option, not mandatory.
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.