This was my presentation at I U

1. Developing a User Experience
for Windows Phone
KAUSHAL BHAVSAR
kaushal@pratikar.com

2. RECENT WORDS
“I was a wp7 user for a year and liked it but
the lack of a good app ecosystem led me
back to android.”
No, I didn’t say it. Someone else did.

3. WINDOWS PHONE
BEFORE

4. WINDOWS PHONE TODAY

5. METRO
METRO IS OUR CODE NAME FOR OUR
DESIGN LANGUAGE. WE CALL IT
METRO BECAUSE IT’S MODERN AND
CLEAN. IT’S FAST AND IN MOTION. IT’S
ABOUT CONTENT AND TYPOGRAPHY
AND IT’S ENTIRELY AUTHENTIC.

6. TYPICAL APPS

7. FIVE BASIC QUESTIONS
• What will your application do?
• Who is your application for?
• How does your application fit in?
• Where and when will your application be
used?
• What kind of content will be displayed?

8. FOUR TOUCH POINTS
• The home screen
• Salient controls
• Beautiful bits
• The Start page Tile

9. THREE STEPS TO BEGIN
• Styles and Themes
• Splash Screen
• Application Tile

10. STYLE #1

11. STYLE #2

12. STYLE #3

13. STYLE #4

14. STYLE #5

15. STYLE #6

16. PICKING THEMES

17. PUTTING IT TOGETHER

18. MISTAKE #1

19. MISTAKE #2

20. MISTAKE #3

21. MISTAKE #4

22. FEEDBACK?
kaushal@pratikar.com
kaushal@coderbar.com