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Category Archives: Metro
The Cost of Side-Loading on Windows 8
Recently, Rocky Lhotka wrote a blog post call Cost to enable side-loading on a Windows 8 device. In this post he breaks down the cost to side load a Modern UI Application (formally known as Metro) on to a Windows … Continue reading
My Thought on Windows 8–A User’s Perspective
Recently there has been a lot of different reviews for Windows 8. Some of them good some of them bad. Dr. Jacob Nielsen, a user experience expert, wrote an article providing his insights into Microsoft’s new operating system. The article … Continue reading
Controlling The DataTemplate
Windows 8 has now shipped and developers are busy building Windows Store Applications (bad name). Developers who have experience working with Xaml have expectations on how Xaml should behave. The other day I was trying to do something I have … Continue reading
Posted in Metro, User Experience, Windows 8, WinRT
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Simulating A Tab Control in a Windows 8 Application–Take 2
In my previous post on Simulating a Tab Control, I used radio buttons and a FlipView control to simulate a tab control. A commenter pointed out that there were no animation when changing FlipViewItems if you switch items by setting … Continue reading
Posted in Metro, Mobile, User Experience, UX, Windows 8, WinRT
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Simulating A Tab Control in a Windows 8 Application
I was looking through the forums on MSDN today and found someone asking how to implement a Tab Strip Control in Windows 8 Store applications. They used the Store as an example, wanting functionality that behaves like the OverView, Details, … Continue reading
To Metro and Back Again: A Developer’s Tale (Part 2)
In my last post, I started a journey to see if I can share data between a WPF application and a Windows 8 Metro application. We left off with the data in the Metro application. According to the map the … Continue reading
Posted in Metro, Software Architecture, Windows 8, WinRT, WPF
Tagged Application, Enterprise, Legacy, Metro, Windows 8, WinRT, WPF
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To Metro and Back Again: A Developer’s Tale (Part 1)
Update: Part 2 Hot off the press As most of you know Microsoft is about to release a new operating system. If you have not heard then you should crawl out from under the rock and embrace the future of … Continue reading
Posted in Enterprise Application Block, Metro, Software Architecture, Windows 8, WPF
Tagged Application, Enterprise, Legacy, Metro, Windows 8, WinRT, WPF
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Using the Metro Share Contract With Custom Data
In a few months Windows 8 will be released. This is an exciting, reimagining of the Windows operating system. With this new operating system comes a new application paradigm. Metro applications are optimized for tablets device. These new applications operate … Continue reading
Windows 8 is Coming….Should I Care?
Recently I have been using the Developer Preview of Windows 8. Back in September Microsoft announced how developers can build the next generation Windows applications. So Microsoft is trying to revamp its tablet industry while moving their operating system forward. … Continue reading
