Posts by Miek

It's not that I "Just don't like it", the design aesthetics are flawed. Having seen these flaws I refused to go any further evaluating it. I am also acutely familiar with Windows itself and having bashed my head against walls due to it's infuriating nature, hoop jumping et al; I feel dubious about having that software on a device that I regularly use 'In Anger'.

"And I know someone else who hates it too" -- There are plenty of people that don't like it, my anecdote was not simply "My friend doesn't like it either". My Colleague's Friend was actually expecting more functionality and a better user experience, if Windows phone were to have had that functionality/user experience then I guess we would not be hearing about my Colleague's Friend.

If Microsoft had put some initial thought into their Phone OS, perhaps many of us 'haters' would find it more credible, but for now ...

"How is Windows Phone a joke?" -- Just look at how worked up you are getting. There are so many fails in WinPhone 7 for me to list on this site without a TLDR warning. For a quick, summary, I would say that the tiles are nasty, the black menu strip down one side is a waste of space and a poor design device. On each page the titles and content do not fit on the screen (intentional or not it is awful), I tried the "Try windows on your phone online" experience and laughed so hard I covered my desk and carpet in coffee.

I quote this anecdote often, but it is apt ...

My colleague showed a friend his Android phone, and his friend said "Wow, my contract is up at the end of the week, what should I get", my Colleague said he should try a HTC one ....

A few weeks later my colleague is talking to his friend, who says that he cannot use the phone, it doesn't do lots of things he wanted and that he hates it. Turns out he was sold a Windows phone.

"Unless you're going back to market share, and well, there's certainly an issue there. But how much of an issue? If market share is your yardstick, then linux on the desktop is a joke and you should take a good look at where your life went wrong." -- Oh, quick attack Desktop linux by posting comments into a website hosted on linux. Go enjoy vista you wintard.

"then linux on the desktop is a joke and you should take a good look at where your life went wrong" -- What? Just because I am not using what all the other Sheeple are using ? Now we've come full circle.

"Damn! I could have bought an Android and had the joys of crashing, malware and Java in my life! What was I thinking?"

Well, if I wasn't well fed before, I am now. But unfortunately, I am not lucky enough to have experienced crashing or malware. Java, on the other hand, is a royal PITA.

"retarded sheep", is a retarded sheep one that doesn't follow the herd or what? I bought an Android, not because everyone else had one, in fact virtually no-one had one, I am/was an early adopter and proponent of Android. Windows Phone is a joke and deserves a bit of ribbing, if you can't construct an argument to support it other than "You are a sheep for using android" then that's a bit lame.

Re: A fool and their data @Meik

Um, yes I have visited America, what's your point exactly? Are bicycles somehow different in the USA as compared with the rest of the world ?

Re: Ooh look...

Actual I think the Linux haters are simply enjoying watching the $MS fans rant on about how bad it is.