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RE: Interesting video about Metro apps
by WorknMan on Wed 14th Sep 2011 05:28
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I just finished watching this really detailed and interesting presentation from Build about metro apps:
http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/BUILD/BUILD2011/BPS-1004
It's geared to developers but it has really good information about things like the tiles, search, sharing between apps, etc...
http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/BUILD/BUILD2011/BPS-1004
It's geared to developers but it has really good information about things like the tiles, search, sharing between apps, etc...
I only watched about 1/3 of it, but not a fan of what I'm seeing so far... as in, "Hey, let's remove all the controls and idiot-proof the interface." Take a look at the RSS example around the 5 minute mark; in the 'chrome' example they show, there's far more information on the screen at once, which I very much prefer.
And it seems like MS can't make up their mind. On one hand, they're like, "Let's create this new Metro interface and remove all the buttons and controls", and then they go and add the ribbon to Windows Explorer. Isn't the ribbon sort of a direct contradiction to the simplistic and minimalistic design of Metro?
Edited 2011-09-14 05:30 UTC
RE[2]: Interesting video about Metro apps
by modmans2ndcoming on Wed 14th Sep 2011 16:35
in reply to "RE: Interesting video about Metro apps"
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2006-10-31
I just finished watching this really detailed and interesting presentation from Build about metro apps:
http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/BUILD/BUILD2011/BPS-1004
It's geared to developers but it has really good information about things like the tiles, search, sharing between apps, etc...