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Regarding Protogon

Prior to this page's creation, the section regarding Protogon was removed by user Jasper Deng with the reason, "Please adhere to MOS. The reader is not a subject in an article."

I'm sorry, but I do not know what this abbreviation means. Do not assume that everyone will understand ambiguous abbreviations and please do not remove a section unless you are willing start a discussion about it. The cryptic reason given is not inherently understandable. Please, rephrase and elaborate.

Thanks, Neillithan (talk) 14:16, 17 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

MOS stands for Manual of style. Text should not be removed, but instead edited to conform to the style. If someone's edit does not improve the article, you can undo it. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 22:13, 17 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Most important new feature for me: free pinball

A table of Pinball FX 2 is included in Windows 8 for free. http://www.joystiq.com/2012/02/29/pinball-fx-2-included-in-windows-8-consumer-preview/ --Fluffystar (talk) 18:42, 2 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Third-party app that does not belong as a feature of Windows 8 itself.--Jasper Deng (talk) 19:26, 2 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Well, Space Cadet pinball was also developed by a third party (Maxis) and is listed under List of features removed in Windows Vista ----Fluffystar (talk) 19:42, 2 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The difference is that that pinball program was something you could add/remove in "Add/remove features", but this is not the case with Windows 8.--Jasper Deng (talk) 19:46, 2 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Then we need an additional list of apps that come with Windows 8. --Fluffystar (talk) 11:08, 5 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

New features

The following have been removed from the article: PowerShell 3, WMI 3, IE10, SMB3, Kerberos 5, new PowerShell interfaces to management tools. These are but a few of the new features that are not currently in the article - I'm not inclined to re-add them, but am adding this note so that others have some tips what to search for. Socrates2008 (Talk) 11:41, 27 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Page soon to be outdated

Some of the information probably needs to be updated due to changes done through software updates. (For example, allowing IE10 Metro version full flash support. I'm not changing that one because I really don't know enough about article writing to make the edit according to form.) Additionally, a major update called Windows 8.1 has been confirmed and will add quite a lot of features. It hasn't been released yet, though, so the info about these aspects in the article is not yet outdated. Sources:

84.190.81.137 (talk) 18:35, 3 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Soon to be outdated really needs to become 'outdated'. This article deals with things that are new, and the features of 8.1 aren't 'new' yet, just announced. It's interesting though, because of the prominence placed onto the 8.1, I'm wondering whether we need to have a subsection entitled "Features new to Windows 8.1", rather than jamming them into the body of the article. drewmunn talk 18:53, 3 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Re: Titlebar text in the middle of windows

That's not really much of a notable feature in comparison to everything else in this article, it's just fancruft in my opinion. The Up arrow is borderline on that too (and should really be bunched in with the stuff about the updates to File Explorer), but unlike the titlebar text, that button actually does something important, and was notably absent on Vista and 7. ViperSnake151 Talk 20:17, 10 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. Best regards, Codename Lisa (talk) 15:15, 11 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I agree; it is no new feature, merely a trivial relocation of an existing feature. I'll also add that having a separate section for returning features doesn't work out, when the article is already structured based on which part of the OS was changed. - Josh (talk | contribs) 16:20, 11 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. I was thinking the same thing. Still, it is nice to see Dogmaticeclectic working a little more cooperatively. Best regards, Codename Lisa (talk) 18:25, 11 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Per the consensus established here, I've removed (self-reverted the addition of) the entire remaining section; however, I added back the new text where the features were mentioned before, since I still think the fact that these features are returning ones should be mentioned (especially considering that both additions are reliably sourced). Dogmaticeclectic (talk) 18:41, 11 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Features new to Windows 8.1

Any thoughts on whether the Windows 8.1 features can be moved to Features new to Windows 8.1?? Georgia guy (talk) 18:42, 15 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]