Doug Steele
dbdoug at gmail.com
Fri Dec 2 15:27:39 CST 2011
Wow! Thanks, Gustav Doug On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 1:17 PM, Gustav Brock <Gustav at cactus.dk> wrote: > Hi Shamil et al > > Very well! > > Quite often app development starts with just some sketches. I've learned > that this is called UX sketching (for User eXperience). > > Tools exist for this. Here is one by Sara Summers for the panorama view of > Metro: > > http://www.uxarray.com/2010/11/18/prototyping-sketch-sheets-wp7/ > > and the sheet to print and cut and draw upon: > > http://www.uxarray.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/PaperPrototype_Sketchbook_WP7_Metro.pdf > > Another one by Rashid Ali is here: > Windows Phone 7 UX Sketch Templates > http://blog.merrycode.com/windows-phone-7-ux-sketch-templates/ > > The official guide is here: > User Experience Design Guidelines for Windows Phone > http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh202915(v=VS.92).aspx > > > Also, a single, full download of everything needed to get started with > WP7+ development is here: > Windows Phone SDK 7.1 > http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=27570 > > The Windows Phone SDK includes a major collection of software: > > * Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Express for Windows Phone > * Windows Phone Emulator > * Windows Phone SDK 7.1 Assemblies > * Silverlight 4 SDK and DRT > * Windows Phone SDK 7.1 Extensions for XNA Game Studio 4.0 > * Microsoft Expression Blend SDK for Windows Phone 7 > * Microsoft Expression Blend SDK for Windows Phone OS 7.1 > * WCF Data Services Client for Window Phone > * Microsoft Advertising SDK for Windows Phone > > Please note the upscaled system requirements. No WinXP here, and DirectX 9 > is an absolute minimum (DirectX 10 is needed for games). The 3 GB is a > minimum too, as the Windows Phone Emulator (which on-screen mimics a > physical phone) alone eats a whopping 800 MB. > > Note that the Ultimate ($)version of Expression Blend does feature > SketchFlow to create sketches on screen: > > > http://blogs.microsoft.nl/blogs/ux/archive/2011/06/16/sketchflow-for-windows-phone-the-real-one.aspx > > > As for the Northwind.Net porting to WP7, I'll have to think about it. Some > challenge - both for the UI design as well as the database connection. Not > the first project to work with for me. > > > Finally, don't forget the free 1000-page Microsoft Press ebook: > Programming Windows Phone 7: > > http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=24519 > > /gustav > > > >>> Salakhetdinov Shamil <mcp2004 at mail.ru> 02-12-2011 01:11 >>> > Hi All -- > > FYI:* I have got purchased today Nokia Lumia 800 with WP 7.5 Mango. > > First impression: it's a very nice toy and a very user friendly device. :) > > I have never used smart-phones before (I have been waiting when something > useful will come released by MS) - and here I have got it. > > One have to touch it, feel its weight and to use it to get a feeling how > well it's done - Gustav noted here at Access-D/dba-VB several times how > smooth his Windows phone is - and now I understand Gustav :) > > And, again as Gustav noted here previously, getting accustomed to use this > device virtual keyboard takes a few minutes - and I have never felt myself > comfortable with mobile phones keyboards when typing SMS messages - but > with Windows Phone virtual keyboard typing text is an easy exercise, even > using one hand to keep the phone and the same hand palm's just one finger - > the thumb one - I can type text rather quickly - well done! > > I have got connected to my Wi-Fi WAP and used Windows Phone to browse > Internet, follow hyperlinks, type search keywords and run searches - nice! > > Now an interesting and useful challenge would be to make our Northwind.Net > project's (http://northwind.codeplex.com/) ASP.NET version with Windows > Phone 7.5 friendly UI - anybody interested to discuss/participate in such a > project with deadline currently set for, say, 6 months? > > Thank you. > > -- Shamil > > > _______________________________________________ > dba-VB mailing list > dba-VB at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-vb > http://www.databaseadvisors.com > >