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Re: New Windows 10 Features

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Post by tonyedgecombe »

dbg31415 wrote: post #55

I'm really struggling to know who their target audience is with this stuff. I watched their marketing materials... I just don't get it. Meanwhile, some features I think they are still missing the boat on: 1) Driver Updates. I want a tool that will go out and download the latest drivers for all my stuff. 2) Password manager integration; I don't want to have to type or copy paste passwords I just want them all pulled f…

I wonder if their ability to deliver features like these is compromised because they need to keep corporate IT customers happy.

Apple seems to largely ignore corporate IT and their products feel much better for it.

Re: New Windows 10 Features

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Post by jazoom »

SwellJoe wrote: post #39
elvirs wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Notifications on a new android phone drive me nuts. Are you at McDonalds? -No, im at a traffic light across from McDonald's. Even if I am, what is it to you? Google, please fuck off with your shit. I had to mute so many notifications all together because there was no way to select good from bad that im sure im missing some of important stuff.

Oh, gods, yes. Google Maps has become infuriating lately. I'm interacting with it because I'm trying to get somewhere, often in a hurry or while sitting at a red light or something, and it's popping up random questions that have nothing to do with me. Maps has become a perfect storm of bad timing and inappropriately intrusive behavior.

Now Google Pay is doing the same stuff.

"Hey, did you know the store across the road from you right now accepts Google Pay?"

No shit. 99% of Australian stores accept it since it works just like a credit card.

Re: New Windows 10 Features

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Post by Aloha »

dingaling wrote: post #51
elvirs wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Notifications on a new android phone drive me nuts. Are you at McDonalds? -No, im at a traffic light across from McDonald's. Even if I am, what is it to you? Google, please fuck off with your shit. I had to mute so many notifications all together because there was no way to select good from bad that im sure im missing some of important stuff.

That's not Android nagging at an OS level, that's an app you've chosen to use and to which you've chosen to login. On my phone I receive status-bar notifications a for: new personal e-mail, RSS updates for specific topics, F-droid updates, battery level, storage space critical. The latter two are the only OS notifications I can't seem to suppress.

If the app is built into the OS and considered an essential - its part of the operating system.

Re: New Windows 10 Features

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Post by hungerstrike »

csydas wrote: post #43
r00fus wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Actually, to be fair, Android may be worse these days, I've had to start turning off all notifications for apps like Facebook Either I'm some sort of privacy nut, completely boring or my macOS/iOS combo works out well but I simply get so few alerts that I just use my devices less than a couple of years ago. Both Apple platforms allow you to essentially go into "silence" mode. Android/Windows seem to be built to spa…

Honestly, the control over how everything is show with macOS is a lot better than it is in Windows (imo). Control over where the notifications are, very clear and easy "on/off" for each application (I would prefer the default was off, but no matter), and decent controls over the DnD mode. The only complaint I have with the Notification settings on macOS is that you have to use a terminal command to alter the length o…

> Control over where the notifications are, very clear and easy "on/off" for each application...

This is literally the same exact control that Windows gives you. You can turn off all notifications or each app individually.

Are you sure you know what you're talking about?

Re: New Windows 10 Features

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Post by dvfjsdhgfv »

lowlevel wrote: post #42

Is it just me, or are we entering a dark age of computing?

Fortunately computing is not just MS. Actually, it is thanks to global efforts of the FLOSS community (or, several communities, to be more precise) that MS is in a weaker position and shows some flexibility in different areas.

Re: New Windows 10 Features

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Post by crtasm »

stephengillie wrote: post #11

New features: - Voice as text entry for any text input, across the OS. (Surprised this has taken so long; the speech recognition libraries have been in .NET since 2014.) - Ecobee, Honeywell, Nest integration with Cortana. -Timeline... Tracks your "stuff" (files? online activity? It's unclear) across all Windows devices. It has 30 days of history. I'm interested in knowing how much of my file and URL history is being…

> I'm interested in knowing how much of my file and URL history is being sent to MS.

If you use Edge it was already able to send browsing history to MS. This is by default, IIRC, it tried to convince me I wanted it last time I setup a win10 box.

https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10-microsoft-edg...

Re: New Windows 10 Features

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Post by Doxin »

SwellJoe wrote: post #39
elvirs wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Notifications on a new android phone drive me nuts. Are you at McDonalds? -No, im at a traffic light across from McDonald's. Even if I am, what is it to you? Google, please fuck off with your shit. I had to mute so many notifications all together because there was no way to select good from bad that im sure im missing some of important stuff.

Oh, gods, yes. Google Maps has become infuriating lately. I'm interacting with it because I'm trying to get somewhere, often in a hurry or while sitting at a red light or something, and it's popping up random questions that have nothing to do with me. Maps has become a perfect storm of bad timing and inappropriately intrusive behavior.

At least google maps has their notifications grouped in a sane way.
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