Fetch A Variety Of Information With Superpages For Windows 8
Superpages is a free Windows 8 app that allows you to fetch information about a wide range of stuff like weather, nearby restaurants, hospitals, deals, travel, etc. When you install and launch Superpages on your Windows 8 device, you will be presented with an interface which has a rotating wheel kind of a tab at the left side of the screen, and this wheel has dedicated controls that allow you to view information about Hotels, Travel, Weather etc. The app is absolutely free to download, very lightweight and runs without any sort of lag!
Let’s read more about Superpages in detail now.
Using Superpages on Windows 8…
When you install and run Superpages for the first time on your Windows 8 device, you will be presented with an interface where the app will ask to access your location data. You can either click Allow in this screen, or you can manually set the location using the search bar. Once that’s done, you will be presented with the following interface.
As you can see here, I have selected the Weather tab on the rotating wheel at the left side of the screen, and I can see the accurate weather forecast for the location that I selected. Now let’s move on to some other tab on the wheel at the left side of the screen.
In the above screenshot, I clicked on the Health tab on the wheel, and I was immediately taken to the page where I could see health services near my location. You can also use the search bar at the top right corner of the app at any time to search for businesses, health care centers, etc.
The above are the search results for the term “little india” when searched using the search bar. It will show you all the places near your location that matches the search term. When you click on a particular item, here is what the screen looks like!
As you can see easily in the above screenshot, you can see the location of the place on the map, its details, reviews, and rating of the place. You can click on the back arrow button on the top left corner at any time to return to the previous page that you were on.
Now, let us talk about the features that the control bar of this app has to offer!
As you can see in the above screenshot, the app actually has twin control bars that can be accessed by right clicking anywhere on the screen. When you launch the control bar of the app, in the top control bar you will be presented with options that allow you to go to the Homepage of the app, or allow you to access some sweet Deals nearby. At the bottom control bar, you can access the Map view of the place where you are at the moment.
Well, that pretty much winds up all the features of this app.
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Conclusion…
Superpages is a pretty neat app for your Windows 8 device that allows you to flip through a variety of content pertaining to various fields like Health, Travel, Weather, and what not! It is absolutely a great way to segregate all the important information about various things into one place, making this app truly super!