Developing a User Experience for Windows Phone

KAUSHAL BHAVSARkaushal@pratikar.com

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

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