From the Forums: Notification Centre concept, what's Windows Phone 8 missing?

We're ending the weekend with another From the Forums, where the well-nigh popular threads you may take missed are covered as a neglect safe. Our community forum is the number one destination for all Windows Phone fans, where gatherings and discussions take identify. It'south our pride and joy and we'd recommend everyone to cheque it out should you haven't already done and so.

Kickoff upward is an interesting concept by forum member AgentTheGreat, who has tackled the issue of a centralised location for Windows Telephone notifications to exist stored in case consumers miss the toasts popping up.

"The Notifications subsection tin exist pinned to the Start page, displaying the number of notifications all apps have produced. As well, the Update section in the Marketplace where you tin see new updates for the apps y'all have installed on the phone can exist added as a tertiary console, which would make having the App Hub even more logical.

The one other thing that kept bugging me was the search icon'south location, and I couldn't figure out why should a long list of apps be placed in the middle of the screen only considering there is a search icon placed (misplaced) backside it. I remember my design fixes a lot of issues."

AppsHub Notifications

Nosotros'll welcome all concepts that attempt to solve the issue of notifications being lost once displayed. But the correct way to become nearly this is a give-and-take worth having. What practise y'all make of the presented thought? Be certain to head on over to the "Apps Hub + Notification Heart design concept" thread to add your feedback.

What's Windows Phone 8 still missing?

Microsoft has been decorated working hard to pack in as much as possible into Windows Telephone 8, non to mention the platform change from seven.x, but what'southward still missing? Forum member lordofthereef has created a thread for such word to have place, adding:

"Allow'southward face up information technology. The informed shopper compares the OS starting time, and then perhaps the hardware, and so makes a purchase. Information technology is not uncommon to hear any ane OS to be compared to some other. In that location were a few features that I don't *think* WP8 has incorporated however that I wanted to bring to light."

Notification Heart (meet to a higher place concept), volume mute (silent) options via volume keys, and more than carrier / retail support are all in the thread so far. What'due south on your missing list? Exist certain to caput over to the "What WP8 Is Still Missing" thread and add together your requests.

Miscellaneous: Typing in Windows Phone, is the keyboard good?

Typing is a large part of the Windows Phone experience. Whether it be emailing, sending SMS letters, updating social networks, or creating / editing documents, it'south paramount there's a keyboard that'south both accurate and piece of cake to use. Is this the case with what's currently implemented?thongvua seems to retrieve not, with fellow fellow memberLarge Supes publishing the following response:

"I'grand also in the camp where typing isn't the easiest on WP, but I think its more to do with accurateness than the layout. I don't know, maybe the layout also plays a office, but there have been times where I have seen my thumb state on one key, and out pops the one next to it. Information technology has to exist said, merely you can't trounce the iPhone for typing. I used to be able to fly along with no mistakes."

I - personally - detect the keyboard to be the best I've used on a smartphone. Only what practise you think? Is it downwards to accuracy of the user, or should Microsoft look to add improvements? Head on over to the "Windows Phone Keyboard Design is a major Issue" thread to voice your opinion.

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