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Silverlight TV 81: Four Great Windows Phone UX Tips

Posted: Aug 11, 2011 at 8:15 AM
By: John Papa
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In this episode, Dave Crawford and Tom Eddings visit from the UK to contribute to the Design Tips miniseries. Dave and Tom have tremendous amounts of experience helping to create great UX for Windows Phone 7 applications in the marketplace. Topics they cover include tips on:

how, when, and where to use (and not use) a Panorama control
avoiding specific types of buttons and associations
best practices for the Web Browser control, RichText, and the IE Web Browser itself
how to make your brand shine through

Relevant links:

John's blog and on Twitter (@john_papa)
Dave on Twitter (@ThatUXGuy)
Windows Phone Photoshop design templates
UX Design and Interaction Guide for Windows Phone 7
Panorama design tips from the WP7 Team here and here
The Noun Project WP7 Icons (thanks to Laurent Bugnion and Shawn Wildermuth)
Brandon Watson on Twitter (@BrandonWatson) and his WP7 challenge to Scott Adams (creator of Dilbert)

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jopapa Development Shaker

Aug 11, 2011 at 10:20 AM

I just updated the link for the UX Design guide. Should work now!
Ian2 In geeks we trust ...

Sep 07, 2011 at 6:52 AM

Another great show, keep up the great work!

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