Comments on: Microsoft Surface Update http://www.scarydba.com/2012/10/31/microsoft-surface-update/ Intimidating Databases and Code Sat, 15 Jun 2013 23:14:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Jamie Thomson http://www.scarydba.com/2012/10/31/microsoft-surface-update/#comment-8464 Jamie Thomson Wed, 31 Oct 2012 15:15:44 +0000 http://www.scarydba.com/?p=2210#comment-8464 The stock email client in Win8 is rubbish. Still, it was even worse not so long ago so they *are* improving it.

]]> By: Grant Fritchey http://www.scarydba.com/2012/10/31/microsoft-surface-update/#comment-8460 Grant Fritchey Wed, 31 Oct 2012 14:48:00 +0000 http://www.scarydba.com/?p=2210#comment-8460 Sorry to hear the bit of functionality is gone. I need some more time at home to be able to get this set up the way I want. Next post is on setting up email. I have to see the client in action.

]]> By: Jamie Thomson http://www.scarydba.com/2012/10/31/microsoft-surface-update/#comment-8459 Jamie Thomson Wed, 31 Oct 2012 14:11:12 +0000 http://www.scarydba.com/?p=2210#comment-8459 Hi Grant,
I’m also very peeved that I can’t import my Zune playlists into XBox Music.
Worse, Zune had a fantastic feature called “smart playlists” (which the SQL geek in me calls “playlists with a WHERE clause” :) that allowed you to say (e.g.) “Build a playlist that has all my ‘liked’ songs in it” and any newly ‘liked’ song would automatically get added to that playlist (and to your Zune/WindowsPhone).

I used smart playlists *a lot* and am annoyed that they’re not available in XBox Music.
Still, all things considered XBox Music is pretty good – I just get slightly p!ssed off when a company releases something “new and improved” and its missing features that the thing it replaced had.

On the plus side your XBox Music playlists *do* get synced between all your Windows 8 machines, your Windows Phone, your Android/iPhone (when they release the apps for it) and your XBox; *that*, my friend, is cool.

regards
Jamie

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