Creating a new mobile platform has been an amazing ride, is not often that one has the opportunity to create and define a totally new experience from the ground up, especially one that will be in the hands of millions of users. An endeavor of that magnitude comes with many ups and downs. Here is where a public space, like this one, comes handy. So far the response from the developer community has been amazing! The number of applications showing up on the Marketplace is growing by the hour. However, creating new experiences on a brand new platform is not easy. Our team has been reviewing hundreds of applications. And, we have assembled a list of the most common gotchas we have observed. Some of the issues are easy to fix. Others are more complex and require more detailed explanations. We will use this space to describe the issues we’ve seen, and offer some design advice that we hope will help you make your app even better. Here’s our list of top ten areas of your app to consider while designing, or before you submit your app to the marketplace.
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- Start tiles and splash screens are your first impression… Make them great.
- Make sure your buttons are visible even when the keyboard is displayed.
- Build your application to respect theme and accent color changes.
- Make sure your finger can hit its target and the text is readable.
- Right layout alignment and information hierarchy are key.
- Place your buttons well… Flying buttons, home buttons, and back buttons… Oh my!
- Give feedback on touch and progress within your UI.
- Embedding web content should be done with extreme caution.
- Make your life easy. Use our common controls, and use them right!
- Understanding Pivots and Panoramic views.
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