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Hi there
why is it Ms's designs these days couldn't be WORSE if they tried to do the most horrible design they wanted to.
Messing about with the Spider Solitaire application -- apart from the full screen thingy (real annoyance in most cases) it seems that the whole game seems linked to some stupid XBOX live which I don't really want anything to do with and the cards themselves were almost unreadable --especially on the "Wild / Old West" theme.
As an example of how this has regressed -- here's the Spider solitaire version from XP (yes XP) -- easy to read card designs -- options to change the decks and number of suits easily available and it's WINDOWED so you can play it while doing something else at the same time. - This version runs "Stand alone" on W8 if you've got the XP install disk -- SPIDER.EXE == doesn't need an install.
I think this old simple design is STREETS ahead of the "New" Xbox related POS with the most unreadable card faces I've ever seen -- and as for the "Modern" theme -- looks like the pictures have been scraped of old Toddlers "Reading Blocks".
Anyway here's how I prefer playing spider solitaire.
Cheers
jimbo
why is it Ms's designs these days couldn't be WORSE if they tried to do the most horrible design they wanted to.
Messing about with the Spider Solitaire application -- apart from the full screen thingy (real annoyance in most cases) it seems that the whole game seems linked to some stupid XBOX live which I don't really want anything to do with and the cards themselves were almost unreadable --especially on the "Wild / Old West" theme.
As an example of how this has regressed -- here's the Spider solitaire version from XP (yes XP) -- easy to read card designs -- options to change the decks and number of suits easily available and it's WINDOWED so you can play it while doing something else at the same time. - This version runs "Stand alone" on W8 if you've got the XP install disk -- SPIDER.EXE == doesn't need an install.
I think this old simple design is STREETS ahead of the "New" Xbox related POS with the most unreadable card faces I've ever seen -- and as for the "Modern" theme -- looks like the pictures have been scraped of old Toddlers "Reading Blocks".
Anyway here's how I prefer playing spider solitaire.
Cheers
jimbo
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