Yes to both. Actually, you know what? I don't think I've seen the issue since installing RTM. Its only been on there less than a week. Will have to try to make it do it. Would be happy if its something fixed. Thanks for asking that! On Aug 23, 2012 11:10 PM, "David Kean" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Are you running League of Legends full screen? Are you on RTM? > > ------------------------------ > *From:* [email protected] on behalf of Stephen Price > *Sent:* Thursday, August 23, 2012 2:23 AM > *To:* ozDotNet > *Subject:* Re: Win8 Tiles, Shortcuts and multi-program applications. > > My only wish so far is that you can disable the mouseover stuff in the > bottom left corner (ie the bit that makes your start screen preview). > Mainly because when I'm playing League of Legends and I mouse too close to > the bottom left the thing mimises the game and shows me the desktop (so it > can show me the little preview I'm guessing). > > I've been launching it from a pinned tile rather than desktop icon and > it seems to behave better (but Its still done it to me once). As far as I > can tell theres no way to disable it. > > On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 5:09 PM, Scott Barnes <[email protected]>wrote: > >> I've been in a bad mood all day. I blame Win8 .. i find myself swearing >> at the screen more... with unfinished questions like "...how do i...what >> the fu...oh..there...well thats stupid..oh crap what did i just do..." >> >> I'm not going to write a poem about Win8 and i'm not going to declare a >> Jihad on Microsoft for making it.. i'm simply thinking that its Windows 7 >> with this stupid start screen giving me a sense of paranoia at all that ram >> that i shouldn't be wasting but am.. (even though I'm not even sure its >> being wasted it just feels its being wasted and..and I dont like >> change..now get off my lawn). >> >> --- >> Regards, >> Scott Barnes >> http://www.riagenic.com >> >> >> >> On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 4:14 PM, Glen Harvy <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> Thanks Ian. Things are certainly hotting up in the new/updated MS >>> program world. >>> >>> So far two people have explained how Win8 Application navigation works >>> and now this so it is becoming clear that I wasn't clear in the first >>> place. Probably my pathetic attempt at using ozzie colloquialisms and >>> assumptions ... <sigh>. >>> >>> It is IMHO, far to early to foretell if the *general public* will >>> quickly adapt to the new navigation. Having only used Win8 RTM on my VM and >>> only to test my own application, I'm certainly not qualified to make any >>> educated guesses. I do know that the new navigation did not immediately >>> impress me with it's ease but I readily accept we have a whole new concept >>> in Win8 and I will have to change my ways as well as my program. >>> >>> I do however believe that until my application evolves and adapts to the >>> changing times, *my end users will appreciate* what in effect is *a two >>> click start of either my Main program or any of its Secondary programs*. >>> >>> >>> This should be easy to achieve by creating a Metro Inspired application >>> that does nothing else but open a full screen window with a tile/shortcut >>> to each of those programs. If the new Metro Inspired application is pinned >>> to the Start Screen (not the Start Menu) then the end user will only need >>> to click twice from the Start Screen rather than type anything on the >>> keyboard to start a Secondary program from the All Apps screen. >>> Alternatively, they can use the new Metro navigation technique as I will >>> support that as well. >>> >>> The creation of the new Metro inspired application should take me not >>> much longer than a few minutes if you believe the sales pitch from >>> DevExpress :-) Designing the Tiles background image will take me days >>> although perhaps Blend will come to the rescue. >>> >>> I hope the above clarifies my original post. I would appreciate comments >>> as to whether you believe there is a need to even bother with implementing >>> the above and/or if it will prove as easy to implement as it sounds? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Glen. >>> >>> >> >
