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naikrovekyesterday at 3:22 AM2 repliesview on HN

When Windows Phone was a thing, those live tiles were amazing. Those giant squares in the Win10 start menu were live tiles.

Such a shame that so few applications on Win10 made use of them.


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array_key_firstyesterday at 4:37 PM

They never made sense for desktop interfaces with a keyboard and mouse. Information density is usually preferred, because we have big screens and precise, fast input.

FridayoLearyyesterday at 7:12 AM

Never saw the point of them. I prefer static content, something which most web designers can't wrap their heads around.

Easy navigation is something Mac sucks at for no good reason. I don't know why Windows is trying to degrade their advantage.