developing the windows phone user experience
DESCRIPTION
This was my presentation at I UTRANSCRIPT
RECENT WORDS
“I was a wp7 user for a year and liked it but the lack of a good app ecosystem led me back to android.”
No, I didn’t say it. Someone else did.
WINDOWS PHONE BEFORE
WINDOWS PHONE TODAY
METRO
METRO IS OUR CODE NAME FOR OUR DESIGN LANGUAGE. WE CALL IT METRO BECAUSE IT’S MODERN AND CLEAN. IT’S FAST AND IN MOTION. IT’S ABOUT CONTENT AND TYPOGRAPHY AND IT’S ENTIRELY AUTHENTIC.
TYPICAL APPS
FIVE BASIC QUESTIONS
• What will your application do?• Who is your application for?• How does your application fit in?• Where and when will your application
be used?• What kind of content will be
displayed?
FOUR TOUCH POINTS
• The home screen• Salient controls• Beautiful bits• The Start page Tile
THREE STEPS TO BEGIN
• Styles and Themes• Splash Screen• Application Tile
STYLE #1
STYLE #2
STYLE #3
STYLE #4
STYLE #5
STYLE #6
PICKING THEMES
PUTTING IT TOGETHER
MISTAKE #1
MISTAKE #2
MISTAKE #3
MISTAKE #4
