The New New New Xbox Experience Halo4 Dash

[PeteJ]

The Pins thing is rubbish. They've completely missed the point of what people were requesting.

I wanted: Ability to customise the homepage with the bits of the 360 I use. Games, demos, link to my PC.
I got: Ability to add individual items to a folder not on the homepage

You can't add the Demos section to Pins, you add one single demo. What's the point in that? They got it so right with Windows Mobile 7, I don't understand why they are being different when the two systems are based on the same tile concept!

[Sketcz]

I notice the virtual keyboard is now QWERTY for everyone, not just those who signed up in the last few years.

I will never, ever, EVER understand why companies adopt QWERTY for virtual keyboards. We only use this stupid bull**** system because the cockmonkey who invented the typewriter wanted to spell "typewriter" using only the top line of letters. It's got little to do with the keys sticking when pressed to close together - it was to foster brand awareness a hundred years ago. Fine - so we're stuck with it on keyboards. But you don't touch type on a virtual keyboard - you go through the alphabet. I am always tripped up using virtual keyboards, because my brain thinks "ABC" and then the pointer ends up on the other side of the screen by the time I remember.

*sigh*

Not unique to the 360. I just felt like ranting. QWERTY is bloody everywhere, and I hate it. Mobile phones. Game systems. It is a constant affront to my intelligence. It's akin to the government forcing me to wear my shoes on the wrong feet. It's just stupid.

The sad thing is, kids are going to increasingly think it the norm. Give it 50 years and the alphabet will be re-arranged from ABC to QWE. Except for the French. They'll be AZE.

[MartyG]

The Xbox360 virtual keyboard has qwerty and abc options - it's switchable in the language options, it's had this option for as far back as I can remember switching it years ago.

[mr_sockochris]

The Xbox360 virtual keyboard has qwerty and abc options - it's switchable in the language options, it's had this option for as far back as I can remember switching it years ago.

This. The 360 had long had the option for both so I don't know what all the whinging is about...

[Mayhem]

Yeah. My observation is that QWERTY is now the default. I had mine set to ABC and it got switched on the update.

[originalbadboy]

This. The 360 had long had the option for both so I don't know what all the whinging is about...

Old age I believe makes you 'whinge' more ...

[charlesr]

Helpful chappie on Xbox forums told me to look for corrupted stuff. Internet Explorer and Happy Wars were both corrupt.
So I deleted them, cleared cache and rebooted and tried to download my profile again. Still no joy

Looks like the update has killed my machine.

[Sketcz]

Looks like the update has killed my machine.

Surely MS is responsible in some way for correcting this? Or is there small print which says that if they release an update, and it borks someone's hardware, they're not responsible?

Is there any avenue you can investigate with this - lodge a formal complaint or something?

[QualityChimp]

As the head honcho of a popular gaming website, I hear you can get a free PS3 if you say you drink Mountain Dew or summat?

[EvilBoris]

Have you tried recovering it to a USB stick with the hard drive removed?

Did you uninstall the dashboard also ? I've seen you pop online which is the weird thing too

[charlesr]

How do I uninstall the dash? It puts me online for a sec after I try and download it.

[charlesr]

How do I uninstall the dash? It puts me online for a sec after I try and download it.

[Sketcz]

The Xbox360 virtual keyboard has qwerty and abc options - it's switchable in the language options, it's had this option for as far back as I can remember switching it years ago.

I've checked, and no there isn't any such option. I checked under languages, and set it to English, but there's no option for ABC. I also checked Preferences, and every other option menu on the 360.

Are you sure this is still the case?

[MartyG]

http://www.alteredgamer.com/xbox-gear/82103-how-to-switch-the-xbox-360-virtual-keyboard-to-qwerty-mode/

Just checked and it looks like the option has been removed with the new dashboard - which sucks for people who don't like the QWERTY layout. Explains Mayhem's observation.

[mr_sockochris]

The Xbox360 virtual keyboard has qwerty and abc options - it's switchable in the language options, it's had this option for as far back as I can remember switching it years ago.

All whinging is fully justified then in that case! Why on earth they would remove the ABC keyboard is simply puzzling...