Sortable List for Metro App - Examples/Ideas?

Question

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 here. This is how the App looks right now, just to give you an idea about the data:

Super Social Media Tracker

Answer 1

• Screenshots.

They'd add visual appeal and might add functionality as well. I can tell from a screenshot which page on my site is being referenced more quickly than I can scan the URL.

A visual way to browse popularity by screenshots could be interesting. http://pttrns.com is a site about design patterns, but the overall style (big pictures, minimal text) fits with Microsoft's "modern" aesthetic.

• Default sorting options could be useful.

For example, "most popular" could aggregate the Facebook and Twitter likes and then display the URLs in order of most liked to least liked.

• Visualization of changes over time.

Microsoft's finance app shows one minimal, tile-y concept for a way to display increases and decreases over time.

Answer 2

The tradicional Windows Grid is not recommended for that use. There's a guideline for search purposes:

Start app page

You can use auto suggest, but filter should be placed with the results

Here's an example of how your results list could be.

Kinda like this

For more Windows guidelines info: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/hh465233.aspx