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Windows Jeff rumors thread

Princess AlicePrincess Alice
edited 2014-06-19 18:27:51 in General
Alright, the official release of Windows Jeff is still several months off, but here's what we know so far:

  • The Start-menu will make a long-awaited return
  • It will be possible to run "Metro" apps in a windowed mode ('bout time!)
  • New apps can only be installed through the Windows Store
  • The ability to change the default search engine from Bing to Google has been removed
  • The new "security" settings will block all web browsers except IE from connecting to the internet by default, unless you pay extra for Windows Jeff Ultimate
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  • KlinotaxisKlinotaxis
    kill living beings
    I hear they're bringing back Comic Chat due to the Jerkcity sponsorship. I think I saw an ad for a Windows Jeffcity promotional brand... thing.
  • Princess AlicePrincess Alice
    You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
    Also, from last week's TechnologyPanics.net article:
    As part of Microsoft's ongoing focus on touchscreen devices, sources say, keyboard and mouse drivers will no longer be supported on 64-bit editions of Windows Jeff. "If you want to run legacy hardware, that's your choice," a Microsoft spokesperson said. "But it's not reasonable to expect that Microsoft will continue to provide support for such outdated hardware as a default Windows component."
  • FossilmaidenFossilmaiden
    image Wee yea erra chs hymmnos mea.
    Central Avenue said:

    The new "security" settings will block all web browsers except IE from connecting to the internet by default, unless you pay extra for Windows Jeff Ultimate

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union_Microsoft_competition_case

    /aliceruinsjokesbybeingapedant
  • OdradekOdradek
    My dreams exceed my real life
    I heard windows is trying to get a webseries called Clippy and His Office Friends going
  • KlinotaxisKlinotaxis
    edited 2014-06-19 20:57:36
    kill living beings
    Fossilmaiden said:

    Central Avenue said:

    The new "security" settings will block all web browsers except IE from connecting to the internet by default, unless you pay extra for Windows Jeff Ultimate

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union_Microsoft_competition_case

    /aliceruinsjokesbybeingapedant
    well, yeah, that's why they're doing that. they'll let you choose other browsers but the security features block them from working.

    you can of course still use other internet services, such as Microsoft® Outlook 2013
  • Miss Miko MayoneggMiss Miko Mayonegg
    More people have said that and been killed than there are thorium decay products.
    If this shit can't run a 2D shmup properly, I am not touching it.
  • Princess AlicePrincess Alice
    You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
    It can run 2D shmups just fine as long as you buy them from the Microsoft® Xbox® Game Center.
  • Miss Miko MayoneggMiss Miko Mayonegg
    More people have said that and been killed than there are thorium decay products.
    pff
  • Previous CalicaPrevious Calica
    (flower path)
    Central Avenue said:

    It can run 2D shmups just fine as long as you buy them from the Microsoft® Xbox® Game Center.

    I think you mean Games For Windows Jeff.
  • FossilmaidenFossilmaiden
    image Wee yea erra chs hymmnos mea.
    I think you'll find that Games for Windows was discontinued in 2013, and that Microsoft now uses the name Dewencheetos Market.
  • TreTre
    image
    So, Steam is a no-go?
  • HexartesHexartes
    Central Avenue said:


    • The new "security" settings will block all web browsers except IE from connecting to the internet by default, unless you pay extra for Windows Jeff Ultimate
    Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck that.

    Grah. It really sucks that the only OS I know my way around to a decent extent is Windows.
  • Obā-sanObā-san
    edited 2014-06-20 14:55:03

    im trying really hard to tell if you are playing along or have fallen for a joke thread
  • HexartesHexartes
    ...

    crap
  • HexartesHexartes
    I considered that it might be a joke thread, but the tone didn't seem all that jokey.
  • TreTre
    image
    /thread
  • Princess AlicePrincess Alice
    You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
    It seems that of all the editions of Windows Jeff, only Windows Jeff Enterprise will support non-Outlook email accounts

    Like, if you try to type in "http://gmail.com/" in a web browser on Windows Jeff Home, it will just redirect you to Microsoft's web site

    They say this is to make it easier to sync with your Windows Phone, but I'm skeptical
  • HavenHaven
    Let me tell you. About Fallen London.
    Who cares about that, now that they've announced Apple Bob

    Siri's icon does a little dance now
  • Previous CalicaPrevious Calica
    (flower path)
    Central Avenue said:

    Alright, the official release of Windows Jeff is still several months off, but here's what we know so far:


    • The Start-menu will make a long-awaited return
    • It will be possible to run "Metro" apps in a windowed mode ('bout time!)
    • New apps can only be installed through the Windows Store
    • The ability to change the default search engine from Bing to Google has been removed
    • The new "security" settings will block all web browsers except IE from connecting to the internet by default, unless you pay extra for Windows Jeff Ultimate
    they've just announced that windows jeff is now called windows 10
  • KlinotaxisKlinotaxis
    kill living beings
    they already announced that

    'j' is tenth in the alphabet

    #ilerminaty
  • KlinotaxisKlinotaxis
    kill living beings
    image
  • Salix BabylonikaSalix Babylonika
    https://i.imgur.com/IoGc2jA.jpg
    did you make that?
  • KlinotaxisKlinotaxis
    kill living beings
    no it's supposed to be a link to the tweet it's from but resizing images works weirdly w/that

    https://twitter.com/JamesGecko/status/517116866998054912
  • Princess AlicePrincess Alice
    You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
    I like how that's the only Windows-naming joke I've seen so far that remembers that old-timey Windows and Windows NT started as two different operating systems.
  • Previous CalicaPrevious Calica
    (flower path)
    so that's why freebsd is dying
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