Last night I found myself in front of the Xbox trying out the XBox Smartglass app. It wasn't as smart as I was hoping. It was cool though. Anyway, I found myself looking for apps I could install, and installed the YouTube app. I was disappointed to discover I couldn't do a voice search. Typing with a circular alphabet and xbox controller is slow and painful. Each letter takes several seconds to navigate to the letter. Trying the Kinect to enter it was worse. Nope, for this thing to be usable, I want to speak and it needs to pick up what I said with no error. It also needs to learn how to ignore my ums, and ahs, and that mental hurdle one experiences when you know you have to say it exactly right as you are being recorded or you could end up anywhere. (safe search on thank you).
On another note, I've got two apps in the Win8 app store now. Its damned addictive and I've found myself rushing home to code until the wee hours. Need... some... sleep. Third app is pending certification. Hope no one minds if I link em here, i'm pretty chuffed. Now i know what all the fuss is about with those iOs/Android app developers. http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/combat-tracker/e757139b-b67c-4780-84b9-fdb49b883c72 http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/keeping-score/650dd144-388b-4a15-80e7-f4e7dc3cf26a Anyone else working on anything they'd like to share? On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 3:57 PM, Preet Sangha <preetsan...@gmail.com> wrote: > We were having a discussion at lunch time about tablets and tablet like > interfaces. And though we weren't talking about win8 per se there was two > schools of thought. One camp thought that keyboards will always provide > a high bandwidth to computer interaction for us (devs) content creators. > And that the tablet interfaces will never suffice. > > While my view was that as abstractions mature more software enabling that > content creation through these interfaces will appear, and will improve the > bandwidth sufficiently. > > My view is when wimps appeared keyboard hacks like me found them hard use > and to maintain productivity. But as they matured things improved > considerably. Key things that come to mind are IDEs with data/tool tips and > interactive text windows. > > And thought I 'hate' windows 8 for being a giant phone it's only > a temporary thing until the software matures - v.next++. In fact I'm > going as far to bet my career on it again. > > -- preet > > > On 28 September 2012 19:32, Greg Keogh <g...@mira.net> wrote: > >> >Greg, embrace the change. It's a beautiful world. Just remember, if >> everyone could do it, everyone would. Things could be worse. You might have >> a job digging holes. Not saying that's bad, we need holes. Just not for me, >> thanks.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Steve, strangely enough, I’m actually complaining this time, well, not in >> the usual way. I normally do love change (for the better) and I’ll bet that >> like most of the people in this group my motto is “If it ain’t broke, fix >> it until it is”.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> David K has answered my conundrum and saved me hours of suffering trying >> to get VS2012 going on Win8 RC. So who is it in here that was doing some >> Metro development a few weeks ago? Were you using an emulator or some other >> sleight of hand?**** >> >> ** ** >> >> There have been many times over the last couple of years where I think >> digging holes would be more enjoyable than writing software. I’m sure than >> any holes I dug would be incompatible with other holes unless I downloaded >> a special beta digging tool before the official spade went RTM, then I’d >> find that the final release spade would need to be assembled from >> downloaded parts with hotfix screws to hold it together, then for rocky >> soil I’d have to upgrade to Spade Premium Edition which would require >> complete dismantling of the old spade.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Greg**** >> >> ** ** >> > > >
