While we anxiously wait for the day when the Kinect will allow us to Minority Report our way through the Xbox 360 dashboard, we'll take a preview of the updated design to tide us over. Is it better? Is it worse? Our thoughts!
"The most notable difference is that the menus have been squared out and displayed in a linear fashion. Gone are the soft, rounded edges of each sub-screen, laid out in a descending pattern that disappeared into the distance until you cycled them forward. Now, each screen is a right-angled, straightforward affair that progresses directly from left to right. Perhaps this’ll be more impressive when we’re scrolling through menus with a flick of our wrist once the Kinect launches in November, but for the moment, this design change seems to sap some of the personality from the dashboard while adding efficency."
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DannyRR
looks pretty plain but some stuff look quite interesting
RayMcAnthony
I dunno... looks pretty much the same to me.. I'm really more interested in seeing how all of this interacts with kinect...
Ldrofmn
I like it. Much smoother and easier on the eyes in my opinion.
RickAstin
The minority report line still irks me a bit.... everyone seems to forget that there was in actuality a controller....a glove....but still something tactile....
Yeah...Im too much of a geek for my own good...
hbj
When does the early access start? Is everybody getting it at a different time? When I signed up it said I was accepted but still haven't gotten it yet. Just curious to when I can look forward to it.
Tobywankenoby360
Looks Amazing! I really liked the old dashboard, but this looks to be more user friendly with searching and using Kinect.
ESPN looks AWESOME!!
Cant wait to get home and DL it!
Griever2112
not impressed at all. What the hell was wrong with the original setup, and why can't we choose which setup we want. God damn Microsoft....
Griever2112
not impressed at all. What the hell was wrong with the original setup, and why can't we choose which setup we want. God damn Microsoft....
BONERJAM
How is it that MS yet again finds a way to make the dashboard uglier? I really wish we were given options on how the dashboard looks and works.
erbren
It looks cool but does it come for all xbox 360's
Jeespot
it would been a much better video if it wasn't for the 3 yer old girl's ipod soundtrack playing in the background. When i think gaming, i don't think Nick Jr. music, wtf was that?
JustTheBeginning
Not only does Kinect not have any hardcore games, but its ruining the whole UI for everyone! lolz
lowkevmic
For those who didin't read the caption prior to playing the video, there is a reason why the new dashboard seems a little boring. They changed the style to make more linear so that it would be easier to navigate with a Kinect. So the different categories come as more of a grid view, so you can simply move up or down, left or right while navigating through it. I'm assuming it would a little difficult to do that when the dashboard we have now is at an angle.
Mr-HIGH-Guy
Why can`t ps3 have these kind features Sony is so lazy .
sodared
meh
Kaeglin
I think in many ways they went back to the original XBox 360 look.To be honest, I liked the 2nd generation XBox XMB much better, because it had pop. It was more pleasing to the eye, from a designer's perspective. This incarnation basically is really boring to me, but I guess since it's about the games, the XMB's UI doesn't really matter as much.
Magemus0
Looks like the ugly bas$#@# child of a wii and a ps3 home screen.
Ryant419
who wrote the music? Helen Keller?
PeterParker23
Ummmm, Did you guys NOT read this part of the beta agreement? what ate you guys doing?
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majorcrises117
it looks to plain but like the ESPN
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