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To complete my previous post in the comments of the blog post with what Deyan Ginev said earlier :
"For instance: our Windows 8 DataGrid control would be a challenge to use on the Windows Phone’s small screen. So here comes the question: do we need to show a DataGrid on the tablet and a DataBoundListBox/JumpList on the phone? Or what about the ListView that is now common between Phone and Tablet? "
I would nuance my previous answer and I would say a listview on tablet would be welcomed because it is different of presenting data than a datagrid. The DataGridView is a to "heavy" to display on phone and would be used to display more data with columns,...
"evaluate which controls would make sense to be Universal, and which controls would make sense only on the Phone or only on a Windows tablet."
There is something that I technically do not understand. I have Windows Phone 8.1 and want to use the new "WinRT" runtime. If I'm not wrong I simply cannot use the existing Telerik controls. So the first step would to port every Telerik WP control that is not present in the WinRT framework. If I'm not wrong it would be most of the controls. However once it would be done, that must say that every of these controls could run on Windows tablets and maybe no all are suitable to the tablet format ? And vice-versa.
We could begin an Excel-like document that lists the current Windows 8 and Windows Phone controls and between the Universal version. We would see that : AutoCompleteBox,BulletGraph,Calendar,Chart,Data Storage,DatePicker,Gauge,HubTile,Pagination exist on both platform.
Windows 8 XAML Universal WP
AutoCompleteBox "done" AutoCompleteBox
BulletGraph "done" BulletGraph
Calendar "done" Calendar
Chart "done" Chart
Data Storage "done" Data Storage
DatePicker "done" DatePicker
Gauge "done" Gauge
Grid Only on tablet
HubTile "done" HubTile
Map missing phone
NumericBox "done" NumericUpDown
Pagination "done" Pagination
RadialMenu Only on tablet ??
Slider native ?
TimePicker "done" TimePicker
native ? AnimationFramework
native ? ApplicationFrame
missing tablet BarCode
missing tablet BusyIndicator
missing tablet ContextMenu
missing tablet Conversation View
missing tablet DataBoundListBox
missing tablet DataForm
would be DatePicker on Tablet DateSelector
missing tablet DockPanel
missing tablet Expander Control
missing tablet Image Button
missing tablet InputPrompt
missing tablet JumpList
missing tablet LayoutTransform
missing tablet ListPicker
missing tablet LoopingList
already native ? MessageBox
missing tablet MultiResolutionImage
would be NumericBox on tablet NumericUpDown
missing tablet PanAndZoom
missing tablet PasswordBox
missing tablet PickerBox
missing tablet Rating
missing tablet SlideView
missing tablet TextBox
Would be Timepicker on Tablet TimeSelector
missing tablet TimeSpanPicker
native ToggleSwitch
missing tablet ToolTip
missing tablet TransitionControl
missing tablet UniformGrid
missing tablet Window
VariableSizedWrapGrid? WrapPanel
This is a very first/quick comparison to start.
Any thoughts ?
"For instance: our Windows 8 DataGrid control would be a challenge to use on the Windows Phone’s small screen. So here comes the question: do we need to show a DataGrid on the tablet and a DataBoundListBox/JumpList on the phone? Or what about the ListView that is now common between Phone and Tablet? "
I would nuance my previous answer and I would say a listview on tablet would be welcomed because it is different of presenting data than a datagrid. The DataGridView is a to "heavy" to display on phone and would be used to display more data with columns,...
"evaluate which controls would make sense to be Universal, and which controls would make sense only on the Phone or only on a Windows tablet."
There is something that I technically do not understand. I have Windows Phone 8.1 and want to use the new "WinRT" runtime. If I'm not wrong I simply cannot use the existing Telerik controls. So the first step would to port every Telerik WP control that is not present in the WinRT framework. If I'm not wrong it would be most of the controls. However once it would be done, that must say that every of these controls could run on Windows tablets and maybe no all are suitable to the tablet format ? And vice-versa.
We could begin an Excel-like document that lists the current Windows 8 and Windows Phone controls and between the Universal version. We would see that : AutoCompleteBox,BulletGraph,Calendar,Chart,Data Storage,DatePicker,Gauge,HubTile,Pagination exist on both platform.
Windows 8 XAML Universal WP
AutoCompleteBox "done" AutoCompleteBox
BulletGraph "done" BulletGraph
Calendar "done" Calendar
Chart "done" Chart
Data Storage "done" Data Storage
DatePicker "done" DatePicker
Gauge "done" Gauge
Grid Only on tablet
HubTile "done" HubTile
Map missing phone
NumericBox "done" NumericUpDown
Pagination "done" Pagination
RadialMenu Only on tablet ??
Slider native ?
TimePicker "done" TimePicker
native ? AnimationFramework
native ? ApplicationFrame
missing tablet BarCode
missing tablet BusyIndicator
missing tablet ContextMenu
missing tablet Conversation View
missing tablet DataBoundListBox
missing tablet DataForm
would be DatePicker on Tablet DateSelector
missing tablet DockPanel
missing tablet Expander Control
missing tablet Image Button
missing tablet InputPrompt
missing tablet JumpList
missing tablet LayoutTransform
missing tablet ListPicker
missing tablet LoopingList
already native ? MessageBox
missing tablet MultiResolutionImage
would be NumericBox on tablet NumericUpDown
missing tablet PanAndZoom
missing tablet PasswordBox
missing tablet PickerBox
missing tablet Rating
missing tablet SlideView
missing tablet TextBox
Would be Timepicker on Tablet TimeSelector
missing tablet TimeSpanPicker
native ToggleSwitch
missing tablet ToolTip
missing tablet TransitionControl
missing tablet UniformGrid
missing tablet Window
VariableSizedWrapGrid? WrapPanel
This is a very first/quick comparison to start.
Any thoughts ?