Jim Lawrence
accessd at shaw.ca
Tue Apr 5 12:47:38 CDT 2011
Hi Gustav: The new designs looks (more like sounds) really interesting. I like that they are going more towards a flat and clean design with an emphasis on transitions. The only issues, especially if you are working with web based applications is the font options. There is only so much you can do with half dozen standard internal fonts you will find on every computer/browser as even the most fancy CSS has it limitations...and just downloading font images is not the answer if you application is going international. I have been working with this coding to allow a wider range of fonts to be deployed but there has to be a judicious trade off in performance and there is a limited set of size options. http://www.960development.com/how-to-write-cross-browser-font-face-syntax/ Jim -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gustav Brock Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2011 3:35 AM To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com; dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com Subject: [dba-Tech] Windows 8, Metro and modern UI Hi all The ideas and early screenshots seem more promising than I first thought: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zqGXWnYe_U http://www.winrumors.com/windows-8-metro-ui-welcome-screen-and-ribbon-screen shots-leak/ http://www.winrumors.com/windows-8s-real-metro-ui-is-immersive-tablet-experi ence/ http://www.winrumors.com/windows-8-immersive-tablet-tile-ui-and-pdf-reader-r evealed/ http://www.winrumors.com/new-windows-8-screenshots-leak-including-updated-wa llpaper/ Based on the ideas of Metro as it is (the UI of Windows Phone 7), the design principles of this is very clever reading: Clean, Light, Open and Fast Alive in Motion Celebrate Typography Content, Not Chrome Authentically Digital http://windowsteamblog.com/windows_phone/b/wpdev/archive/2011/02/16/from-tra nsportation-to-pixels.aspx which also might indicate which direction future UIs will follow. It should be a good inspiration for design of UI for your own apps as well! /gustav _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com