a435843,
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Originally Posted by a435843
Now, this is what I expected from Microsoft. Every time you want to play Solitaire, a full-screen video advertisement pops up in Spartan for XBox, and then the game has an icon in the corner that says, "This Game of Solitaire is Sponsored by Age of Empires 37". No, this game of solitaire is sponsored by the $600 I paid for this damn laptop. I wonder what your security software was blocking...was it some sort of adware? Ugh.  |
Had to go back to the 7 drive this a.m. so I'm still using it atm. But I'll stick it back in in a little while and let you know where the site is trying to go. I'm pretty sure its some xbox advertisement.
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The push to get people to sign up for accounts for the simplest of tasks has got to stop too. MS is also dying for their little walled garden, like the one Apple & Google has, where they can nickel-and-dime you to death for crap like games that are worse than the ones that came with Windows 3.1. Windows users are too smart for that. Oh, and where they can ream developers like Apple & Google do; the problem with that is that Windows developers are too smart for that, too.
Much thanks for your insights. This is truly the worst of times for technology.
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Agreed on this signing up for common stuff crap. If they keep that up they will lose a lot of customers.
Only one other observation from the last few days. And I guess its to be expected from MS. Can only think of one example off hand (the new, buried, location of the New Folder button in Explorer) but they (MS) don't seem to be making things easier. They seem to be making things harder to find. Why? What possible sense does that make?
Another example. Why in the world get rid of the Control Panel? Actually, its still there but its now called Settings and is available in a minimum of two clicks (Start button and then Settings). But why rename it now? Its been around since when? Win 3 or 3.1?
Are they thinking the shorter name is preferable? And people won't mind? Typical MS.