Contents tagged with Area Code Look Up
Adventures in Windows 8: UX Considerations When Migrating from Windows Phone 7
For my first real Windows Metro style app, I decided to port my Area Code Look Up app from the phone over to Windows Metro.
The word “port” is somewhat misleading: there’s not really a lot of code sharing: the phone version is Silverlight and the Metro version is JavaScript. Yes, …
Adventures in Windows 8: Another Look at the Area Code Look Up App UX
One of the places designers found inspiration for the Metro design language is transportation graphics.
Taking a look at my Area Code Look Up app, I needed the key piece of content to stand out in a big way.
Fortunately, I found a great example on the Metro design language WikiPedia page.
Take a …
Area Code Look Up for Windows 8 Now Available
The Area Code Look Up I’ve been working on (and blogged about before) is now available in the Windows Store. [Download] The final submission process was pretty easy: I did the submission while I was at the MoDev Hackathon last weekend. Join Me and Together We Can Rule the Galaxy Store Maybe, I’m …
Design That Scales
Now that my Area Code Look Up app is in the Store, I installed it on a PC that’s connected to my TV. I’ve seen it run on smaller form factors before, but never up. I’d say it scales up nicely.
