Re:The Linux kernel hidden inside Windows 10
by fsloth on Saturday August 06, 2016 @03:35AM
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"There is no API that launchers could use to pull out the same amount/types of information."
What's missing in Android compared to WP in this regard? I have widgets on my Android homescreen that has buttons to activate app functionality (e.g. Audible's 'play' button) and that dynamically update their content. Is there some richer interactor or viewing scheme wp supports?
Re:The Linux kernel hidden inside Windows 10
by vyrotek on Saturday August 06, 2016 @12:24PM
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Interestingly enough, Microsoft actually has an Android Launcher called Arrow. It's not an attempt of bringing the WP experience to Android though.
That said, it's a great launcher and I use it on my Note 4. I still don't fully understand the strategy behind why Microsoft released it though.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.microsoft....
Re:The Linux kernel hidden inside Windows 10
by rwmj on Saturday August 06, 2016 @02:32AM
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You should probably look at OSM (eg. OSMAnd, but there are others). I just download the whole country map before I visit somewhere.
Then you have never used Windows Phone. None of the Android launchers provides the equivalent of WP tiles with the same amount of integration. There is no API that launchers could use to pull out the same amount/types of information.
- gmaps handles this automatically
Nonsense. It does some prefetching, but if you are in another country (no data) and you go slightly off-route, there is no maps coverage anymore. Luckily, new versions of Google maps allow you to download offline maps ahead of time as well.
For me the reason to switch if I was still on WP is that the app state is so deplorable that even Microsoft's apps on iOS and Android are miles ahead of WP's counter parts.