Sign in
Microsoft.com
 
Microsoft
 
 
 

none
Forums support for Windows 8 RRS feed

 , 
 > 

  • Question

  • Question
    Sign in to vote
    0
    Sign in to vote

    Windows 8 is now completely out.  WHen will teh forums sztart supporting it.  Where is the Windows 8 App?

    Is WIndows 8 destined to become the next "ME"?

    Personally I think Metor is excellent for tablets and phones and any touch enabled device.  The Technet Forums would do well to take advantage of Metro.

    Happy New Year ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

    Thursday, December 27, 2012 6:00 PM
    |

Answers

All replies

  • Question
    Sign in to vote
    0
    Sign in to vote

    No.  Where is the Windows 8 Metro Forums Reader App.  The Forums would really be excellent with a Metro reader.

    MS needs to publish a forum Web service API so we could build some great new forums Apps.

    Happy New Year ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

    Thursday, December 27, 2012 9:56 PM
    |
  • Question
    Sign in to vote
    0
    Sign in to vote
    Please see: Windows Store Apps Forums and Dev Center.

    Carey Frisch

    Saturday, December 29, 2012 6:33 AM
    |
  • Question
    Sign in to vote
    0
    Sign in to vote
    Please see: Windows Store Apps Forums and Dev Center.

    Carey Frisch

    There are no TechNet Forum readers that I have found.  There are RSS readers and blog readers but no forum access apps.  The current TechNet Forum format is dated.  I would think that Microsoft would use it to show off how Windows 8 Metro can enhance the web in this area.

    It is pointless for us to build one without a published Web Service.

    Happy New Year ¯\_(ツ)_/¯


    • Edited by jrv Saturday, December 29, 2012 8:05 AM
    Saturday, December 29, 2012 8:00 AM
    |
  • Question
    Sign in to vote
    1
    Sign in to vote
    There's a community bridge which provides a NNTP interface for the forum. You can run the server somewhere then use a NNTP reader to connect to the server.

    Visual C++ MVP

    Friday, January 4, 2013 8:33 PM
    |
  • Question
    Sign in to vote
    1
    Sign in to vote
    There's a community bridge which provides a NNTP interface for the forum. You can run the server somewhere then use a NNTP reader to connect to the server.

    Visual C++ MVP

    I am recommending that someone at Microsoft should take the oportunity to create a WIndows 8 Store App that is a forum reader/editor.  It is an excellent opportunity to show off WIndows 8 as it could be supported on Windows 8, Windows RT and 'Surface'.

    The community bridge only supports 'answers' and is not a forum interface at all.  It is a passive news reader.

    Happy New Year ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

    Friday, January 4, 2013 9:54 PM
    |
  • Question
    Sign in to vote
    1
    Sign in to vote

    The community bridge is not a news reader. It provides an NNTP interface for the forum that you need to provide your own NNTP client to connect to.

    It IS a forum interface, just not a web one. Maybe you are confusing "forum" with "Web". 

    Also i see replies from people who use the bridge all the time here. You can tell that by the way post are quoted by their email clients. If you are using a passive news reader, switch to an active one.

    You need community bridge2 for answers, v1 is for MSDN/Technet/Microsoft forums.

    Visual C++ MVP


    Friday, January 4, 2013 10:17 PM
    |
  • Question
    Sign in to vote
    0
    Sign in to vote

    The community bridge is not a news reader. It provides an NNTP interface for the forum that you need to provide your own NNTP client to connect to.

    It IS a forum interface, just not a web one. Maybe you are confusing "forum" with "Web". 

    Also i see replies from people who use the bridge all the time here. You can tell that by the way post are quoted by their email clients. If you are using a passive news reader, switch to an active one.

    You need community bridge2 for answers, v1 is for MSDN/Technet/Microsoft forums.

    Visual C++ MVP


    I am specifically referring to a Windows 8 "Start Menu" App that can access the Technet Forums and not a Web App or an NNTP reader.  It would be a completely web service supported app that can read and post to the Technet and MSDN forums.

    I would write one but there is no published access to either a web service or a SharePoint portal for the forums.

    Happy New Year ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

    Friday, January 4, 2013 11:41 PM
    |
  • Question
    Sign in to vote
    1
    Sign in to vote

    The community bridge is open source.

    The forum service endpoint is using WCF features not supported in Modern UI (WSHttpbinding and ReliableSession). You can probably find another SOAP 1.2- compatible library though.

    Visual C++ MVP

    Saturday, January 5, 2013 3:44 AM
    |
  • Question
    Sign in to vote
    0
    Sign in to vote

    The community bridge is open source.

    The forum service endpoint is using WCF features not supported in Modern UI (WSHttpbinding and ReliableSession). You can probably find another SOAP 1.2- compatible library though.

    Visual C++ MVP

    Yup - that is what I am saying.  THe forums need to be updated to Support WCF and Metro apps along with most newer features of Windows.

    It's not hard.  Just need a new service rendering.

    Happy New Year ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

    Saturday, January 5, 2013 3:57 AM
    |
  • Question
    Sign in to vote
    0
    Sign in to vote

    This is a good feature request. 

    Ideas and Suggestions

    If you have a suggestion for the forums or general forum feedback, use the Suggestions and Feedback forum. To get a feature submitted to the Forums team, ask for it on the Feature Requests Wiki article.

    Thanks!

    Ed Price (a.k.a User Ed), SQL Server Customer Program Manager (Blog, Small Basic, Wiki Ninjas, Wiki)

    Answer an interesting question? Create a wiki article about it!

    Tuesday, January 29, 2013 1:42 AM
    |