Tag: UX

Web ASP.NET AJAX
Touch up your app with Telerik’s MetroTouch skin for ASP.NET AJAX

Have you ever experienced difficulties with hitting a button on a touch screen because of the button’s small size? Haven’t you wished texts were larger so you don’t need to zoom-in to read? No more troubles - our new MetroTouch skin for Telerik’s ASP.NET AJAX controls is coming on board with Q2 2012, expected in about a week!

by Vasil Yordanov
May 27, 2021 3 min read Share
Mobile
How to design a Windows 8 Metro style app starting from an existing Windows Phone app – Part 2

Welcome to the second blog where we talk about the main similarities and differences between the design guidelines of the Windows 8 and the Windows Phone platforms and what this means to designers and developers. In the first blog post we covered: Design process Layout and navigation In this part we will take a deeper look at: Commands and actions Touch Orientation and views Notifications and live tiles Telerik upcoming Windows 8 suite You can download the full series as: high resolution pdf (~7 MB), or low resolution pdf (~2 MB).

by Nina Zayakova
May 27, 2021 8 min read Share
Mobile
Designing a Windows 8 Metro style app starting from an existing Windows Phone app – Design Case Study Part 1

A lot of the Windows Phone developers out there are already considering porting their Windows Phone apps to Windows 8. May be you are thinking: from Metro to Metro - it has to be pretty easy and straightforward, doesn’t it? Let’s see if this is true. This case study gives insights into porting the design of an existing Windows Phone app to a Windows 8 Metro app. It discusses the main similarities and differences between the design guidelines of the two platforms, what can and cannot be reused. User Experience Design Guidelines for Windows Phone User Experience Design Guidelines for Windows 8 For...

by Nina Zayakova
May 27, 2021 7 min read Share
Desktop
RadChart for Windows 8 WinRT - Designing the demo

We, at Telerik, are trying to be the first facing the challenge to adopt the newest technologies - and here we are now designing and developing a WinRT demo application at this early developer preview stage of the OS and developer tools. As a UX designer I was eager to start with the design and in the same time a little bit scared in front of the challenge. However it turns out it’s not as big of a challenge as I thought. Two of the most important reasons for that are: our RadControls for Windows Phone 7 completely working on WinRT...

by Nina Zayakova
May 27, 2021 3 min read Share
People
(Un)Official Build Precon UX Session with Billy Hollis

So your bags are packed, the agenda page is still pretty void of content, and you're wondering what you can do before the Build conference in Anaheim to really get ready for the grand unveiling of vNext of Windows and all that is in store, right? Luckily the dynamic duo of Billy Hollis and Telerik have you covered with the Unofficial Build Precon Event! Taking place at the Sheraton Park Hotel on Monday, September 12th from 9am-2:30PM, the pre-con will let you learn some of the fundamentals of great UX before the conference begins. This way you will be all set once they...

by Evan Hutnick
May 27, 2021 2 min read Share