Metro is the name originally given by Microsoft to the user interface design introduced with Windows Phone 7 and Windows 8
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What's the deal with Windows 8 elements with ALL CAPS?
Here's how Microsoft new Windows Azure portal elements look like:
and that seems to be "Windows 8 style". Visual Studio 2012 also has plenty of user elements in ALL CAPS.
For dozens of years ALL ...
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Where can I find style guide for metro UI for web applications?
I am interested in the Metro UI that microsoft has used for windows phone 7 for web. I see that their site microsoft.com has been done with metro UI recently.
I am looking for a style guide and ...
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Is there a Windows 8 desktop UI Guideline or HIG anywhere in the world?
And I don't mean Win 7 / Metro UI guidelines, I have them up the wazoo, but I've changed jobs and need to start looking at the new Windows 8 DESKTOP design. I know it takes a lot of cues from Metro on ...
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Are there any statistics on what orientation people prefer to hold tablets at?
I was just wondering if there was any statistical study about what orientation (landscape or portrait) people to prefer to use on their tablets.
I am working on designing a metro app and a feedback ...
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Is it appropriate to use Metro style design for a cross-platform mobile app
I'm finding it really difficult to design UI's for android and ios after falling in love with the windows metro design.
I wondered if providing a metro style app across all platforms would be such a ...
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Where to put the “new button” in a metro style app
I am creating a Windows 8 style app, and I am confused where to put the new button. I have many options I can choose from.
First above the search list:
Second under the search list:
Third with ...
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Windows 8 Metro Design Examples / Guidelines [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Where can I find style guide for metro UI for web applications?
Not a technical question about how to build an app (I'm just going to use DevExpress Tiles, mostly ...
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What lessons can we learn about Metro UX from Windows 8?
Microsoft's Metro design language is moving into the mainstream with Windows 8.
There are several online references that talk about the theory of Metro design, including the wikipedia page Metro ...
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Grouping best practices for list with international data
I have a grouped list of items sorted alphabetically. Groups are created from the first character of each item title.
All characters that not belongs to any alphabet are grouped into a unique group ...
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How will the Metro user interface improve the desktop experience?
I'm trying to understand the "buzz" in regards to the "metro" design in the upcoming Windows 8 user interface. I find most commentators as being thrilled, excited, can't-wait. Hardly anyone ...
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Are there any guidelines for usability testing a Metro app?
How do I conduct usability test on a new Win-8 Metro application when the expected users don't have any experience on that platform?
I'm going to test on PC and not on tablet.
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Are there any recommendations for the layout of Metro forms UI with hierarchical data on a website?
Most of the guidelines I find regarding Metro design deal with read-only or media content with few text input controls. Are there any design guidelines/examples/screenshots showing good layout of ...
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Best Way to provide Notifications to user using Metro UI approach?
I'm a developer, not a designer or UI designer.
I'm developing a system and trying to use Metro UI concepts.
What is the best (or correct) way to provide a user notifications about errors using ...
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Does Metro scale?
This question has bugged me for a while, I thought I might ask it.
In software, we say something "scales" if it's able to stay coherent and consistent over a long period of time, but more ...
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Metro Box Style Navigation
Train and Subway Information Design
Metro style refers to boxing information so that it's easy to digest. Windows 8 uses this, although they failed to make it usable.
Metro Style on the Web
I ...
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Can a mobile application be made using a totally flat design?
In a current attempt at designing a mobile app using a "flat" design à la Windows Modern UI, I noticed that some aspects of the application feel weird to the average user.
The main aspects here being ...
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What's the best position for the global navigation of an application within an intranet site that has its own global navigation?
I'm designing an interface for an application that is most likely going to sit within our intranet. Users will access it from our intranet and we feel that it will make their jobs easier if they have ...
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Metro UI breadcrumb guidelines / examples?
Are there any guidelines for, or examples of breadcrumbs in metro UI applications? Especially for applications that have a deep hierarchical structure.
Edit: I'm not looking for guidelines on how ...
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What are all the ways I should let my users invoke the toolbar in a Metro app?
I'm playing around with the Windows 8 Developer preview, with the intention of making a Metro version of an existing product. It seems that in the Metro apps included with the preview, the toolbar is ...
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Sortable List for Metro App - Examples/Ideas?
I'm building a Metro App that lists all your Facebook and twitter likes on a per URL basis.
So it's basically just a list. But I think the usual Metro Tiles/Grid style is really not very helpful ...
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Facebook user and friends user display patterns for Windows 8 Metro App
I'm developing a win 8 metro app (html) with facebook integration. At windows 8, i cannot use the facebook social plugin to show user informations...
So i need to construct my HTML and css to show ...
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Are there any recommendations for the look of Metro UI table?
I can't find any Metro UI example of medium-size table (to give you an idea, min. 5 columns with text and numbers and min. 5 rows).
For instance, when table is wide, it's useful to use alternate row ...
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Width For Group Of Buttons
We are implementing browser based client, and we are having a little debate reg. setting width of buttons which are grouped together (either just layout wise or both layout and functionality wise). I ...
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metro style UI is too early or not [closed]
I think metro style UI is just beautiful and user friendly. It is suitable for both Tablet and PC.
Should I make my new website design in metro style or conventional standard?
