LollerCoasterLab : games, hardware, software and other stuff

April 27, 2013

April 25, 2013

My new house on Minecraft #1

I'm building a new house...

Work in progress :) (Creative mode)

April 23, 2013

Windows Blue 8.1 - 9374 Leaked

What do we expect for Windows 8.1? What is Microsoft doing?
Some screen from the leaked version (this is the 9374 x86 on VmWare):

Installing...

Now you can choose different colors for the background...

Initial settings... privacy

Windows Blue 8.1 - 9374 Leaked more settings

A bit lame... :

Windows Blue 8.1 - 9374 Leaked let's start

Finally!

So this is the "new" Start Screen... now you can customize more your tiles and the background with new colors and gradients.

You are allowed to change the order of the tiles only selecting "Customize" in the right click menu.

Tiles can be micro (1/16 of the desktop tile in the image below) or gigantic (like the desktop tile below).

Windows Blue 8.1 - 9374 Leaked new screen

The little arrow button in the left-bottom corner if clicked shows up the Apps Screen.

A little text label informs you that a program is added recently.

You can use the scroll wheel to return to the Start Screen.

Windows Blue 8.1 - 9374 Leaked new all apps

The Settings panel (win+i) is a bit... strange... the colors of the buttons are... ugly. UGLY.

Windows Blue 8.1 - 9374 Leaked UGLY BUTTONS, really MS what are you doing?

And in the desktop there are no options (there are "control panel", "info", "help" etc in Windows 8.0)

Windows Blue 8.1 - 9374 Leaked Desktop settings... where?

The 99% of the classic control panel's options are now on ModernUI, inside the Settings app.

But there are some new options like Kiosk Mode, Picture Frame etc... (maybe with Kiosk mode you can boot to desktop? Pro users demand it!!)

Windows Blue 8.1 - 9374 Leaked kiiosk mode

You need another account (like a guest account) in order to use Kiosk Mode

Windows Blue 8.1 - 9374 Leaked quiet hours updating tiles

No Start Menu like Windows 7, but "where is mah start button???", the Start Button has never disappeared, it is still there.

Apps now have a different ways of snapping, you can snap apps in 50/50 of the screen (depends of your resolution)

This leak contains new apps (9364's ones) and the kernel version is 6.3 (and I don't know what changes, waiting for the changelog from MS).

What is missing?

- more customization on ModernUI (is never enough: tiles color/name)

- more details in the Network panel (when you click the network icon)

- more details/shortcuts on Settings panel (Charm menu>Settings)

- modern Apps on the desktop? Like ModernMix (see previous posts)

- more customization on Desktop (borders/filetypes/etc...)

- I haven't found ReFS on Win8.1...

- When you install something > every file goes on Start Screen... arghhh

April 18, 2013

Rollercoastering like a boss (6 images)

Like a boss... these guys are really funny!

More... (click here to view the complete post!!)

April 16, 2013

[Nostalgia] I'm full throttled

Do you know Tim Schafer? Do you know LucasArts?
Yep, Grim Fandango, Monkey Island, etc... (Psychonauts is by Tim Schafer too)

Now my hands are on Full Throttle!

From 1995 (and thanks ScummVM!)

Full Throttle Scumm Tim Schafer Lucas Arts

This game uses (obviously) the Scumm engine and the inventory and the actions are hidden on the screen: a with a long left click on an object a menu appears with actions (look, talk, punch or action with hands, kick) and with a right click you can view your inventory.

I'm stuck at the dump, let's see if I can do something.