Xbox 360 Annoyances: Xbox Dashboard - Comments Page 2

The Xbox 360's Dashboard has some rough spots.

The Xbox 360's Operating System, otherwise known as the Xbox Dashboard, is a vast improvement over what the original Xbox had. The four "Blades" are organized pretty well. There are, however, a few things that should be improved. I don't see why they cannot upgrade the Xbox Dashboard like they upgraded the original Xbox. There have already been small updates to the Xbox Dashboard since Nov. 22, 2005 - but I am proposing some major overhauls in terms of usability.…
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  • 26 - Matt Paprocki

    Jan 11, 2007 at 2:06 am

    "This means you are paying to see advertisements first!"

    Um, no, that's really a perk, nothing more. The content is still free. You're paying for a unified online service for multi-player.

  • 27 - Danny

    Apr 20, 2007 at 7:10 pm

    If you didnt know already, go to the system blade, then console settings then startup, you can set it to go to dashboard or run a disc on startup.

  • 28 - Ken Edwards

    Apr 20, 2007 at 11:04 pm

    Yes, but this was written in January 2006, and at that time, turning auto load off was not an option.

    Thankfully Microsoft listens to suggestions. I can't wait for the May update, lots of nice stuff in it.

  • 29 - Chris H.

    Dec 19, 2007 at 11:42 am

    I have silver and I do not get any of the advertisements on the xbox dashboard. My friend used to have silver, and even when he did have silver, he had the advertisements. Does anyone know how to get the advertisements?

  • 30 - Ken Edwards

    Dec 19, 2007 at 12:07 pm

    Wait, let me get this strait, you want to see the advertisements?

  • 31 - *anynomous*

    May 01, 2008 at 10:06 pm

    hey, go to console settings and switch off auto load to game. it works better than getting a 40$ remote

  • 32 - Ken Edwards

    May 01, 2008 at 10:53 pm

    Thanks, but when I wrote this, in January 2006, they had yet to add the option to turn auto-load off.

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