Microsoft-Owned Minecraft No Longer Supported On Microsoft-Owned Windows Phone/Mobile

<http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2017/01/microsoft-owned-minecraft-no-longer-supported-on-microsoft-owned-windows-phonemobile/>: In the meantime, however, the game stands as yet another anomaly in the company's approach to software development. It isn't following the rules it suggests that others should obey, and third-party platforms—including the relatively rarely used Fire OS—are seeing stronger software support than the company's own. This tendency to offer better support for non-Windows systems continues to annoy Windows fans, and the failure to capitalize on the universal-ness of UWP leads developers to wonder, "If Microsoft isn't consistently writing universal apps, why should we?"

On 2017-01-19 12:14, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
I had a slightly similar experience with http://portal.azure.com/, a Microsoft site for running virtual machines in the cloud. I was having some issues and figured it was because I was using Firefox. After switching to IE and having no joy, I decided to check which browser were supported. Interestingly, the latest versions of Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge but IE was not recommended. It seemed like Microsoft couldn't be bothered making it's own site compatible with its legacy browser. Chris

On Thu, 19 Jan 2017 15:43:16 +1300, Chris O'Halloran wrote:
Interestingly, the latest versions of Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge but IE was not recommended. It seemed like Microsoft couldn't be bothered making it's own site compatible with its legacy browser.
I would count preferring Edge over IE as a positive thing. ;)
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