Posts by Phoenix50

WTF?

Andrew, I couldn't have disagreed with you more if I've have swiped left and sent this article to the Junk.

You complain about hamburger menus being out of reach - but fail to mention the new feature for larger phones where you hold down the start button momentarily and they screen jumps down within reach - it's a neat addition and one that shows the developers are thinking more about the UX than you give them credit.

As for Outlook, I have none of these issues on my 1520 - and yes, it does crash now and then but I would expect a pre-release version to. The speed improvements are considerable and the whole setup feels more fluid - I don't know where you are getting the idea transition effects are somehow worse?

And as for the Store taking "2 days" to install the requested apps - dramatic-much? What were you doing it over, a 56k modem?

Goodness.

Erm, hang on "El Reg".

A month ago you were sneering at the idea Microsoft could achieve a billion installs with Windows 10 and now you're saying that not only is the number not enough, you're calling out various iterations of the damn thing as not even "counting" towards it!

Sort yourselves out. You're a mess.

Enough.

Oh for goodness sake - now the phone's been changed around TOO much so it's become bland?

Newsflash - and I say that sarcastically, because you of all people are already aware of this. The Windows Phone of "old" was, in many ways a lovely design and a great user experience.

It.

Didn't.

Sell.

I don't like to see that - but it's the truth. So now they've modified Windows Phone to the extent it looks a bit like Android - is that the billion+ sales of handsets running Android you're referring to? So f****ng what. If it sells phones and allows Microsoft to offer their services (I said services, not O/S) as an alternative to Google then so be it.

You can't have a go at them for failing to sell any phones then have a go at them for failing to stay the same!

Change or die.

It's all about the Spin...

Oh, don't get me wrong - we knew the Nokia bomb had been thrown so I'm not overly surprised by the news. But I guess it's what you focus on isn't it:

◾Surface revenue grew 117% to $888 million, driven by Surface Pro 3 and launch of the Surface 3

◾Total Xbox revenue grew 27% based on strong growth in consoles, Xbox Live transactions and first party games

◾Search advertising revenue grew 21% with Bing U.S. market share at 20.3%, up 110 basis points over the prior year

◾Office 365 Consumer subscribers increased to 15.2 million, with nearly 3 million subscribers added in the quarter

◾ Commercial revenue increased slightly (up 4% in constant currency) to $13.5 billion, with the following business highlights:

◾Commercial cloud revenue grew 88% (up 96% in constant currency) driven by Office 365, Azure and Dynamics CRM Online and is now on an annualized revenue run rate of over $8 billion

◾Server products and services revenue grew 4% (up 9% in constant currency), with stable annuity performance offsetting declines in transactional revenue

◾Dynamics revenue grew 6% (up 15% in constant currency), with the Dynamics CRM Online install base growing almost 2.5x

BUT:

◾Office Commercial products and services revenue declined 4%

◾Windows volume licensing revenue declined 8%

◾Windows OEM revenue decreased 22%

Al in all? I'm not particularly panicked about the above - some downturns, but nothing that taken me by surprise. I think that main thing I can take from this (because I choose to), is that their diversified efforts are bringing home the bacon - Windows revenue might be in decline, but if there are 3 or four other billion-dollar business going great guns, then the future is just fine for Microsoft - even if no one is sure what the end picture will look like.

Hang on.

From the title "Is that really what Nadella wants?"

No it isn't because that's not what's happening.

Windows Phone "written off".

No it isn't, because that's not what's happening.

Someone show me, from Nadella's statement exactly where it states either that Windows Everywhere will now not include Windows Phone, or that Windows Phone is closing down. It doesn't.

You must all be so upset - so I'm sorry to burst the bubble of so many journo's frothing at the mouth declaring Windows Phone has "done a Blackberry" but it hasn't.

In his statement, Nadella said, quite categorically that they will continue to release phones focusing on three segments. That's it! There's nothing else to say - Windows Phone is going to continue. I don't understand why everyone is so excited at the prospect of it "ending".

Or is everyone perfectly happy with Android or Apple for the foreseeable future? Just two? No other credible competition?

A Ford or a BMW? You choose.

Confirmed...

...no, not that Windows 10 is crap, but confirmed that they truly, truly could never win, no matter what they do.

Andrew notes they've not been guided by a dictatorship - so instead they've been guided by all of us!

Yes, that's right - the largest community-driven, feedback friendly development cycle in the HISTORY of Windows and Microsoft and apparently they've STILL got it all wrong.

I simply, completely and utterly

give.

up.

Goodness.

Positively gushing with unrelenting praise from every orifice.

If ever proof were needed that this website is basically a Linux fansite then surely this is it.

A significant update to a popular distro and nothing significantly bad to say? NOTHING?

If Windows 10 gets anything near this positive a review on this site next month - bias or not I'll show my arse in ASDA.

"New chapter for a sad story"

My god Gavin, you're not even trying to hide your hatred for Microsoft anymore are you?

Just come out already and admit it - they could s**t gold bricks into your bank account for 10 years and you'd still slag them off.

I'd say I'm sick and tired of reading your unapologetic bias against them, but I have just about enough energy to bother coming on here and commenting on it.

90 days?

Utter tripe. This has got nothing to do with "90 days" being enough time (though frankly - how anyone here can know for sure that 90 days "is enough" to develop a fix is beyond me).

This is about Google acting like the world "code" police - who the f**k do they think they are? They've set themselves up as protectors of the realm and now go around handing down edicts as though they own the f*****g internet? Who's next? Apple? Adobe? Oracle?

I find their attitude astounding. More arrogance from the chocolate factory, as usual.

"And, if you are reading this on your Lumia, you can get the Register app here."

You fixed the bloody comments section yet? If not - TTFN.

What a wonderful finale...

... No, not the last Doctor Who of this series, Brid-Aine's reviews of the episodes.

Kill them, kill them with fire.

Well I loved it..

When she said "well I couldn't go on calling myself Mistress" I thought OMG, it's Romana! Because that's what K9 used to call her. But that makes no sense.. Much like the rest of the series.

Still love it though :-)

So what?

Hate Microsoft for many many things, but don't hate them for trying to survive.

Only a fool would imagine that we are still living in a "Windows world" - they know this and so does everybody else.

Satya is doing what any good CEO does when his core business is under threat - diversify.

Why is that so hard for everyone to understand?

I'm done with it...

... The Register reviews each week obviously, not Doctor Who.

I love Doctor Who and certainly don't need to analyse the shit out of it every week.

Oh dear.

So many people taking so little, so seriously.

I loved it because it was another episode of Doctor Who. A show I've been watching since childhood. A show that always manages to take me back to those times. A show that's not perfect by any stretch, but it doesn't matter to me - I'll always lap it up.

Stop being so disappointed that it doesn't meet your exacting standards for the perfect science fiction drama.

Moving apps

I believe you can right click on an app and choose "move > [desktop]" when you're switching between multiple desktops; and drag and drop functionality will come later.

I don't think it's fair to simply say "Windows 10 = Windows 8 with a Start Menu. And Multiple Desktops" - even if you ignore the current slew of changes (subtle and obvious) the build is in it's infancy. Mary J Foley reported that Microsoft said the current build has only 10% of new features in it.

If I were an average consumer shopping for a computer to replace my current one on 7 or 8, and I walked into a Shop and saw "Windows 10" - I would instinctively feel as though it was a much newer version that my current PC - and would want it more. It's a shrewd move by MS that might pay off in the consumer space.

Whats this?

Upcoming operating system may have copied features from a rival operating system?

Come on Simon, try harder.

"Android One is an amazing, world-changing programme"

Wow. Been at the Kool-Aid again? Amazing and world changing for Google's advertising revenues perhaps.

What's this? Google shoe horning mobile apps on to it's desktop operating system?

Oh yes, of course that's ok. Microsoft did it the wrong way round but Google should be applauded.

Business as usual then for the freetards.

If you want a chuckle

I urge you to stop by Engadget and The Verge - they are collectively creaming themselves over Apple's latest announcements. It's absolutely hilarious.

To paraphrase:

"Never in the history of mankind has so much been made of so little that cost so much".

I'm just happy to see everyone slagging Apple off and giving Microsoft a break. I'm sure it'll resume tomorrow once the usual El Reg suspects decide to "comment" on the latest news from Redmond. Oh well, enjoy it while it lasts.

Big deal

If we worried about large corporations lobbying government officials all the time we'd never get any work done.

Oh and in other news, Google spent over $15 million lobbying the US government in 2013.

Register Daily To Do List

1. Write an anti-MS article stating that Windows 8 has "failed".

2. Go home.

Goodness...

...I may now finally be able to complete Repton 2 - IIRC there was a bug that screwed the ending when you attempted to get past the last set of yellow skulls before grabbing the character map.

I know, I know, I really should try and get over it.