Main Meeting: Designing for Windows 8
- March 13 · 5:30 PM
Taking inspirational cues from Bauhaus design, International Typographic Style, and cinematography, the Windows 8 UI design style brings an application to life while presenting content clearly and beautifully. This session is intended to help developers and designers understand the design concepts and basic building blocks of the Windows 8 user interface. In this session, you will be introduced to the principles behind this design style and learn how to effectively apply these principles in your applications.
Presenter: Brent Schooley
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@brentschooley
www.codesnack.com
Brent is a software developer who has been working with Microsoft technologies since 2004. His interests include client and mobile application development and user experience design with a recent emphasis on Windows 8 and Windows Phone. Other platforms he has worked with include WPF, Silverlight, Windows Forms, and iOS. He is an Evangelist working for Infragistics with a focus on mobile platforms. He has a passion for making people's experiences with software the best that they can possibly be. Brent is the author of Designing for Windows 8, a Windows 8 design primer, coming from Apress.
Meeting Agenda:
5:30-6:00 - Welcome/Food
6:00-6:15 - Announcements
6:15-7:45 - Presentation
7:45-8:00 - Give-aways
A special thanks to March's main meeting sponsor!
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Erzsebet Szabo
I have found very interesting to hear about the design principles. I am not sold on the standard font it uses, but I appreciate the consistency and predictability for sure.
March 14
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Erzsebet Szabo
I have a Win 8 tablet with a keyboard most of the time attached. I am using the touch screen for pretty much anything but typing. I have not missed the start button so far and needed a mouse only for one thing: I could not figure out how to widen the columns in Excel to see the content :-)
March 14
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Greg
Great presentation Brent!
What's the name of this new UI again?
Whatever you call it, I like it... even with the occasional rough edges and having to push myself to get beyond my current unfamiliarity with swipes and key combinations and shortcuts.
I really got a lot more understanding out the history and rational behind the [still] new UI. Most importantly now that you showed us that there is a set of design principles, values and behaviors out there I have a new mission - go find out more and figure out how to adapt my future coding creations.
Pride in craftsmanship... yeh, I can get on board with that!1 · March 14
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M Thomas
Great presentation and great discussion which is expected in an open and free user group. Maybe people who don't like it can get their money back. Clearly Microsoft has a controversial design in Windows 8, just ask Sinofsky's replacement. LOL. This topic needs to advance past the basic MS Build design topics and into current customer interactions with design in both consumer and business settings with Windows 8 on PC's, laptops, tablets, and phone (in priority). We totally need more Windows 8 topics. Can't wait.
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Nancy Schipon
Always very informative. Never enough time but would be nice if there was more time to see some code - perhaps how the code looked for a before and after to the example presented or how the development part process may differ for coding itself. Appreciate the efforts of all involved to make these presentations happen. Very nice to see Greg back!!!!
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Ryan Magoon
The presentation got derailed when someone (no offense) made some overzealous and off topic critical remarks towards the presenter (and then left anyway). I was really enjoying the presentation until then, and I wish we got to spend more time exploring the topic instead of listening to a few people question its validity and relevance. That could have waited until after the presentation.
I got a free pizza though!
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