Last week, SilverlightShow author Samidip Basu started a new article series (read Part 1) in which he is showing you 8 common tips & tricks towards developing real-world Windows 8 Metro apps.
And today, he continues with an article discussing Layout, Navigation & Visual States in Windows 8 Metro apps:
From the author:
So, you have the next big app idea. The real question is – will it delight the user? All Windows 8 Metro apps should and it is critically important to plan towards it. One curse for us developers is how easy it is to get started with an idea and go File->New Project in Visual Studio. As the Metro design principles stated again & again, let’s sweat the details. Pen & paper can be a wonderful companion to plan out the overall application layout. How will you slice & dice your content? Is the app content going to laid out in an information hierarchy or in a flat system? How would the app support Metro design principles & integrate with the rest of the OS?
See the roadmap for this series:
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