Any answer for this last bit?
... but obviously the Start Screens layout (of groups) is supposed to sync with a connected Microsoft Account, right?
Answer: May be the real questions is: Will named Groups be available on Windows Phone 8 as well - i.e. grouping similar tiles in a collection on the Start Screen?
So does the Start Screens virtualization (dynamic rendering) Work across form factors yet?? Or does the Start Screen yet have to become virtual?
Should that not Work - i.e. when I roam arround different PC's I always get to see an actual variant (i.e. same Groups but may be lacking some desktop apps or different formfactor) based on my personalized layout of the Start Screen (so some bits i.e. the
named groups has to sync across my Microsoft Account) ...
or may be it is not lack that. Because of different form factor like Windows phone 8 there may be no named groups on the phone?
Does that mean the layout will switch from form factor to form factor? That would be the formal layout and actual rendering.
Then what about the usability part of the layout? I.e. grouping similar tiles into a collecting (i.e. use case "named group")
Any one seen a demo of this on Windows Phone 8. When we see it will become more obvious what to do and how to do. The phone rendering to the screen will normally be in portrait mode, som rendering the layout will actually be different.
However, wille there be some space between the named groups - will name groups actually be there (may be without the headlining or titles) - but with some spacing between groups of tiles.
Lets see ...
The layout of the new Start Screen and its rendering should may be have been made more dynamic, however same thing with webpages and layout - you only know how to render that screen in the 2nd parse of the algo :o)
Hopefully one day we may be get an option reset "flow" of tiles in the Start Screen along a precedence order of named groups. Something similar to options in css to control the flow of that layout.
Personally I have opted to use Apps List as the "Start Menu" - and then you only pin stuff to the Start Screen as litlle as you would with pinning stuff to the desktop taskbar.
BTW However, that contradicts that favorite web sites should be pinned to the Start Screen or does it? You don't have 100 of favorites - but you save "links" to websites during research. So Windows is still lacking that bit - the "save www shortcuts"
in IE metro definitely should not go to the Start Screen.
New elements come into the far right edge of the Start Screen - in my case I put a named group there to the far right and named it something like "New Tiles". So everything autoadded goes there - out of sight or disorganized. Then I can filter it - move
it or remove it.
customize windows 8 start screen using gpo
