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ZuneHD's Buttons and Web Browser
Information continues to trickle in about the ZuneHD ever since Microsoft officially announced the upcoming device earlier in the week. Brian Seitz has been making a whirl-wind tour of blog sites dropping little hints wherever he goes. He stopped by to talk to Paul Thurrott and gave some more details about ZuneHD's physical buttons as well as its web browser.
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"There are a total of three buttons on the thing," he said. "On the front, near the bottom, is a silver button that takes you back to the home menu. There's a rocker on the upper left that you can use for volume up and down and to trigger onscreen transport [Play, Pause, Next, etc.] controls. And there's a power button on the top. That's it."
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He also mentioned the web browser:
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The Zune HD web browser is based on a "flavor" of Internet Explorer 6, Seitz said, "but you won't recognize that. We did heavy, heavy customization work on the UI, and it's optimized for multi-touch, gestures, and finger-based navigation instead of a stylus."
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He does say more info will come this summer... We'll let you know if we hear anything! Hit the link to go read the entire interesting article that goes further to talk about Zune and Xbox integration, the ZuneHD's OS, and more!
[via Paul Thurrott's Supersite for Windows]
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05-29-2009, 12:29 AM
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cool...
awesome!..can anyone tell me what the "rocker" is?? 
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05-29-2009, 12:31 AM
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awesome!..can anyone tell me what the "rocker" is?? |
It's a volume "rocker" - a button that rocks up or down to turn the volume up or down...
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05-29-2009, 12:35 AM
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It's a volume "rocker" - a button that rocks up or down to turn the volume up or down...
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oh..thanks...
hey...what happened of the tegra dude?
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05-29-2009, 05:36 AM
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Rocker button? O.o Anyone have any examples of "rocker" being used on other devices?
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05-29-2009, 06:18 AM
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Rocker button? O.o Anyone have any examples of "rocker" being used on other devices?
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The 2G iPod Touch has one, and most cell phones have them on the side to turn up the volume while talking. It's a physical button on the outside of the ZuneHD so you don't have to touch the screen to turn up the volume. It's a nice feature especially if it is in your pocket and you just need to adjust the volume quickly...
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05-29-2009, 06:40 AM
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meh.. sliding up don't really like that idea o.O
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05-29-2009, 07:21 AM
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Internet Explorer 6...
Internet Explorer 8 is just about acceptable. This honestly puts the iPhone in a higher position.
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05-29-2009, 07:27 AM
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Its nothing like IE6.
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05-29-2009, 07:30 AM
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Its nothing like IE6.
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The UI is nothing like IE 6. IE 6 was not web compatible, it was slow and couldn't render very well. It was also very vulnerable to attacks.
IE 8, though I prefer firefox, isn't that bad a browser.
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05-29-2009, 07:36 AM
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IE8 is the worst of available "now" browsers. IE6 was a lot quicker and lighter.
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05-29-2009, 07:59 AM
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IE8 is the worst of available "now" browsers. IE6 was a lot quicker and lighter.
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You've...used IE6, right? It's not exactly the world's greatest starting point. >.< At least IE8 is making steps towards compatability with website standards, but even it has plenty of problems.
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05-29-2009, 10:07 AM
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it should have used opera
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05-29-2009, 10:27 AM
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Well, naturally. Opera Mini is actually the second most used mobile browser, ya know, and Opera Mobile ain't shabby either, with Flash support and tabbed browsing.
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21:42 <Azu-nyan>: And no, no happying. <.<
21:42 <Azu-nyan>: fapping*
21:42 <vonPreussen>: Freudian typos xD |
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05-29-2009, 10:30 AM
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Oh my word i am so glad i decided to check zuneboards today i havent heard anything about this zune hd and i am so happy rite now i wanna freakin scream Num. 1 priority this fall buy a ZuneHD
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Internet Explorer 6...
Internet Explorer 8 is just about acceptable. This honestly puts the iPhone in a higher position.
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The UI is nothing like IE 6. IE 6 was not web compatible, it was slow and couldn't render very well. It was also very vulnerable to attacks.
IE 8, though I prefer firefox, isn't that bad a browser.
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IE8 is the worst of available "now" browsers. IE6 was a lot quicker and lighter.
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You've...used IE6, right? It's not exactly the world's greatest starting point. >.< At least IE8 is making steps towards compatability with website standards, but even it has plenty of problems.
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Why are you all talking about Internet Explorer 6 for PC? By Internet Explorer 6, they almost certainly mean Internet Explorer Mobile 6, the newest version of Internet Explorer Mobile. See here. They are wrong in saying that it is derived from Internet Explorer 4 (for PC).
It would be incredibly dumb to try to port an Internet Explorer that was made for the PC to a mobile device when they already have an Internet Explorer for mobile devices.
So please, stop comparing something that is completely different and related only by name.
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05-29-2009, 11:32 AM
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I guess i forgot there was a mobile version
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05-29-2009, 11:36 AM
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Perhaps when It comes out, Someone can make an alternative browser.
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05-29-2009, 11:41 AM
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Haha yeah i dont see how it couldve been the IE6 from PC. I figured it was the mobile one but i dont really like IE so idk how its gonna turn out but i cant freakin wait.
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did an alternate browser ever get developed for the ipod
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