Build 9860 - Touch greatly improved

Hi there

On Build 9860 on an HP Touch (sleekbook) laptop running Native (not as a VM) Touch is vastly improved.

On the metro apps for example News the windowing works properly and within the window you can slide the screen. Same with Office 2013 although the touch part is a bit flaky still - but that's due to Office 2013 rather than the OS.

What still is strange is for example if you select say PC settings and Window it (i.e not in full screen mode) you can only slide it across the screen if you slide in the TITLE BAR area - not in the application screen / window area ??? Strange.

On a Touch device (now I'm actually LIKING touch devices) -- and I LIKE the dynamic updating of Metro apps now I can WINDOW them -- no more fixed rigid sizes like 1/2 or 1/4 of the screen -- Ms please leave these as WINDOWABLE in future builds.



I'm itching to try out the OS on the Surface Pro 3 - but I'll probably wait until at least the NEXT build.

Cheers
jimbo

Hi Paul

I'm playing around now with ANDROID as a VM -- I want to try out the Ms Office for tablet if I can get hold of it -- I don't have an android tablet so a Touch laptop running a VM is the next best approach.

Running Metro from the Desktop (I.e the classic menu) opens the app in the last window size you used . If it's the First time it's in Full i.e MAXIMISED (Windowed) screen (with title bar). To get 100% Full screen (No titles etc) use the charms (the three dots at the top left side of the window) and select from the dropdown full screen. The dropdown can be accessed via TOUCH or MOUSE.

To exit full screen use either the ESC key or slide DOWNWARDS from the top of the screen (left top). That brings the Window back again. On Classic desktop I haven't been able to see the old Charms bar but I'm not sure I need it on Desktop.

I haven't yet booted up in the Start mode which is what I'll do next. There doesn't seem (at least not that I know of) any way from dynamically switching from "Desktop" mode to the W8 type of Start mode.

Cheers
jimbo

Hi Jimbo

I've also tried running Android as a VM but haven't been able to get any sound.
Has that been your experience as well, or is there a solution for the problem ?

DaddyG

jimbo45 said:

Hi Paul

I'm playing around now with ANDROID as a VM -- I want to try out the Ms Office for tablet if I can get hold of it -- I don't have an android tablet so a Touch laptop running a VM is the next best approach.


Cheers
jimbo

Hi Jimbo:

You can find the link to sign up for Office for Android here: More Office. Everywhere you need it. - The Official Microsoft Blog

Since you're probably three days out from the initial announcement, you'll probably get onto the waiting list . . . I signed up the very first day and got an email saying I'll either get an email inviting me to the preview or I'll be put on the waiting list. So far, nothing, but it's the weekend.

this might not be new to any of you but it is to me ,so I will post it anyway ,I just recently install a android emulator for windows,its called BlueStacks [iam running win10 prieview ]to run showbox on my pc. and then connected to my tv via hdmi
check it out if interested .
http://updateminds.com/showbox-windows-pc/

false alarm ,nothing changed ,weird why it prompted to install the preview when I was in the middle of using it already