Windows 10 Build 14385 - a Saturday Surprise
On Saturday July 9 - MS released Windows 10 Build 14385 for PC and Mobile to Fast Ring Insiders. This was a bit surprising since I can't ever remember MS releasing a public build on a weekend.
As with 14383 - this is another sign off build as we run towards the Anniversary release date of Aug 2. Similar to 14383 there are no evaluation markings nor evaluation notation in the Windows Edition version in Settings.
According to the announcement 14385 for PC only contains about 10 fixes and Mobile only 3. Obviously there are more - but not documented.
I can report that one of the fixes listed is working correctly which was some clipping in Chrome when maximized. What has also been interesting is I've been getting Insider quests requesting feedback on Chrome.
If there is one part of Windows 10 on PC & Mobile that MS needs to address it's browsing. Regardless of the new add-on capabilities that have been added to Edge in Redstone - I just don't use it and the same is true for a lot of other folks.
MS still needs to include IE11 to support legacy sites. I do have to use IE in some cases to access ActiveX based sites so glad to see it there.
But the fact that MS has to effectively bundle 2 browsers in Windows 10 and then realize that most folks install a 3rd in Chrome as well has to be a real pain point.
MS is consistently and rapidly loosing browser market share to Google's Chrome. According to the most recent statistics from NetMarketshare - Chrome leads browser market share with 48.65% - IE is 2nd with 31.65% and Edge is 4th at only 5.09%. In just the last year - Chrome grew by 20% while IE/Edge dropped by 20%. Until MS can figure this out I expect this trend to continue and recommend installing Chrome on Windows 10.
Outside of the browser situation - as I've mentioned in my last several posts - Redstone 1 - Anniversary Edition is a nice improvement over the Threshold 2 production release from November and is well worth the upgrade on PC.
Windows 10 Mobile continues to improve and I believe is a big improvement over Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 Threshold - especially with the ability to support the latest apps that 8.1 will never see. With that said, there are some some niggling problems.
Like Mail and Calendar shows a count of in theory un-read messages one the live tile. The problem is it's not accurate. Open app - read the messages and then exit and the counter does not update.
My biggest complaint is still the lack of a proper clipboard capabilities across applications. it's just poor execution. And since there will never be a Windows 10 Mobile version of Chrome you may need to look at Opera Mini as an alternative to Edge Mobile.
If your planning on upgrading - here are some sizing statistics based on my Lumia 735. Windows 10 System takes 3.2GB of storage and the base apps is another 1.2GB. So figure 4.4 to 4.5GB all in. If like me you use an SD card for all other storage there is still plenty of room for apps - even on an 8GB device.
As I've mentioned previously - if you do want to try Windows 10 Mobile Redstone and have a device that can support it - so a 1GB RAM Windows Phone, - join the Windows Insider program and configure Fast Ring Updates.
With Windows Phone continuing to slide in market share - now less than 1% - I expect the support from carriers to continue to dwindle - meaning it could take upwards of 6 months or more to get this update from the carriers. Considering that with many carriers, most folks have not even received Threshold 2 release from November yet.
If previous reports are correct - there may be one more release in the run up to the Anniversary release. Last week some have reported that 14386 will be the Production release. We'll see if that plays out.
As with 14383 - this is another sign off build as we run towards the Anniversary release date of Aug 2. Similar to 14383 there are no evaluation markings nor evaluation notation in the Windows Edition version in Settings.
According to the announcement 14385 for PC only contains about 10 fixes and Mobile only 3. Obviously there are more - but not documented.
I can report that one of the fixes listed is working correctly which was some clipping in Chrome when maximized. What has also been interesting is I've been getting Insider quests requesting feedback on Chrome.
If there is one part of Windows 10 on PC & Mobile that MS needs to address it's browsing. Regardless of the new add-on capabilities that have been added to Edge in Redstone - I just don't use it and the same is true for a lot of other folks.
MS still needs to include IE11 to support legacy sites. I do have to use IE in some cases to access ActiveX based sites so glad to see it there.
But the fact that MS has to effectively bundle 2 browsers in Windows 10 and then realize that most folks install a 3rd in Chrome as well has to be a real pain point.
MS is consistently and rapidly loosing browser market share to Google's Chrome. According to the most recent statistics from NetMarketshare - Chrome leads browser market share with 48.65% - IE is 2nd with 31.65% and Edge is 4th at only 5.09%. In just the last year - Chrome grew by 20% while IE/Edge dropped by 20%. Until MS can figure this out I expect this trend to continue and recommend installing Chrome on Windows 10.
Outside of the browser situation - as I've mentioned in my last several posts - Redstone 1 - Anniversary Edition is a nice improvement over the Threshold 2 production release from November and is well worth the upgrade on PC.
Windows 10 Mobile continues to improve and I believe is a big improvement over Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 Threshold - especially with the ability to support the latest apps that 8.1 will never see. With that said, there are some some niggling problems.
Like Mail and Calendar shows a count of in theory un-read messages one the live tile. The problem is it's not accurate. Open app - read the messages and then exit and the counter does not update.
My biggest complaint is still the lack of a proper clipboard capabilities across applications. it's just poor execution. And since there will never be a Windows 10 Mobile version of Chrome you may need to look at Opera Mini as an alternative to Edge Mobile.
If your planning on upgrading - here are some sizing statistics based on my Lumia 735. Windows 10 System takes 3.2GB of storage and the base apps is another 1.2GB. So figure 4.4 to 4.5GB all in. If like me you use an SD card for all other storage there is still plenty of room for apps - even on an 8GB device.
As I've mentioned previously - if you do want to try Windows 10 Mobile Redstone and have a device that can support it - so a 1GB RAM Windows Phone, - join the Windows Insider program and configure Fast Ring Updates.
With Windows Phone continuing to slide in market share - now less than 1% - I expect the support from carriers to continue to dwindle - meaning it could take upwards of 6 months or more to get this update from the carriers. Considering that with many carriers, most folks have not even received Threshold 2 release from November yet.
If previous reports are correct - there may be one more release in the run up to the Anniversary release. Last week some have reported that 14386 will be the Production release. We'll see if that plays out.
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