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gh0d (Administrator)
I just downloaded it and accepted the new terms of service (not sure what was changed, offhand), and... visually, I'm rather unimpressed.
They made the dashboard even more obnoxious (blocking more of the view of any background image you have, like the Arena theme stuff), and where that doesn't cover, the bottom half of the screen is blocked out with white, even further reducing the pretty pictures. Yeah, you don't use a 360 for its themes, but if I pay for something, I want to be able to see it, dammit.
I'm also not a big fan of them rearranging the guide (my first step after turning on my 360 is to hit the Xbox logo button, where I can actually get most things done in a reasonable timeframe), in particular moving the "quick launch" option for games to another tab from the tab that the guide opens on, and not even having it as the top option on that tab.
I know I only have to wait a relative few months for a new dashboard, but I suspect that it will be even more ugly. Blech.
They made the dashboard even more obnoxious (blocking more of the view of any background image you have, like the Arena theme stuff), and where that doesn't cover, the bottom half of the screen is blocked out with white, even further reducing the pretty pictures. Yeah, you don't use a 360 for its themes, but if I pay for something, I want to be able to see it, dammit.
I'm also not a big fan of them rearranging the guide (my first step after turning on my 360 is to hit the Xbox logo button, where I can actually get most things done in a reasonable timeframe), in particular moving the "quick launch" option for games to another tab from the tab that the guide opens on, and not even having it as the top option on that tab.
I know I only have to wait a relative few months for a new dashboard, but I suspect that it will be even more ugly. Blech.