A brief walkthrough of Microsoft's Metro user interface for Windows 8. Looking at some of the apps and layout of Windows 8. Also showing some ways of customizing the Windows 8 Metro UI.
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'Metro' Design Language of Windows Phone 7 & Beyond
'Metro'. An interactive design language to be reckoned with.
What is it?
"Metro is the name of the new design language created for the Windows Phone 7 interface. When given the chance for a fresh start, the Windows Phone design team drew from many sources of inspiration to determine the guiding principles for the next generation phone interface. Sources included Swiss influenced print and packaging with its emphasis on simplicity, way-finding graphics found in transportation hubs and other Microsoft software such as Zune, Office Labs and games with a strong focus on motion and content over chrome." Source: http://www.microsoft.com/design/toolbox/tutorials/windows-phone-7/metro/
Metro's Design Principles are:
/ Light, Clean, Open, Fast
/ Content, not Chrome
/ Typography
/ Motion
/ Authentically Digital
Metro Presentation...
Window's Phone interface before and after Metro...
(Windows Mobile 6.5 vs Windows Phone 7)
Assorted Metro shots...
The creators of Windows Phone 7, the Metro UI and where the inspiration came from...
Jeff Fong, the Design lead for Windows Phone kicks-off Windows Phone design day with his overview of Metro...
Metro design language being used on Windows 8...
Ref:
http://www.microsoft.com/design/toolbox/tutorials/windows-phone-7/metro/
http://weblogs.asp.net/bsimser/archive/2011/03/26/metro-inspiration-designing...
http://ux.artu.tv/?p=179
http://www.webforuse.de/blog/?p=60
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