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Windows Phone App Studio: A User Interface Only Microsoft Could Design

9 pointsby omgbobbygover 11 years ago

7 comments

goostavosover 11 years ago
So, the founder of Blue Label Labs, a company which &quot;is a New York based iOS, Android and Windows Phone mobile design and development lab,&quot; doesn&#x27;t like the DIY App tool that Microsoft released..? Shocking!<p>Microsoft hate-train or not, let&#x27;s not take this as an actual, level headed review of the system -- in any sense. The guy has a vested interest in it <i>not</i> being a good system, and selling it to people as such (regardless of reality).
_mayoover 11 years ago
Seems to be down, cached version: <a href="http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http://www.ideatoappster.com/windows-phone-app-studio-ui-only-microsoft-could-design/" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;webcache.googleusercontent.com&#x2F;search?q=cache:http:&#x2F;&#x2F;...</a>
bchjamover 11 years ago
This article implies that the entire UI is crap but then goes on to complain solely about the casing and spacing of a few variables and a button. He does have a point that this amounts to noise for the uninitiated but I wouldn&#x27;t say it breaks the UI. It seems like the author was eager to bash MS.
rzaover 11 years ago
I kept reading expecting a complaint other than the spacing and camel-case, but couldn&#x27;t find any. I think you many be underestimating the non-programmer&#x27;s ability to parse English, as I can&#x27;t imagine it would be too difficult to realize &#x27;ds&#x27; means Data Source when it&#x27;s in the Data Source category. Those words seem to be labeling variables? Which if it&#x27;s the case, having no spaces in variable names is indeed a good practice.<p>Non-programmers can still use technical software.
ashcairoover 11 years ago
Google Cache: <a href="http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:www.ideatoappster.com/windows-phone-app-studio-ui-only-microsoft-could-design/" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;webcache.googleusercontent.com&#x2F;search?q=cache:www.ide...</a>
chatmanover 11 years ago
Looks beautiful and simple.
philtarover 11 years ago
Site is down. That was fast.