Tag: compatibility

Microsoft broke the wrong compatibility

Windows 8 has backwards compatibility with Windows 7, even though there was a brand new look of live tiles, user interface, and the look and feel of the hardware. Xbox One breaks compatibility with the Xbox 360, significantly reducing the usability of the gaming and media device out of the box. I wonder if Microsoft would have been in a better position at the end of 2013 if the Xbox One had the compatibility, and Windows 8 didn’t?

Writing About Considering Everything

I’ve started to do some writing over on the Blogger Advocacy section of Creative Choices, a website set up to “[help] individuals takie control of their own career decisions [by making sure] they are well informed and supported in their desire to succeed. My first post is about browser and computing compatibility online: In extreme circumstances, where a website doesn’t load correctly, you might have people skipping over your site purely because it doesn’t work 100% perfectly in their web browser, even if the information they’re looking for is in front of them.. Woe betide you if you pop up