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Adding color to your design
Link Removed What is your favorite color? Most of us have been asked this question for as long as we can remember. And for most of us, this decision probably marked our first and foundational experience with having an artistic preference. Color matters. Previous posts have touched briefly on...- News
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Sketching your app design
Link Removed If design can be said to have one big secret, something that makes designers what they are and distinguishes them from coders, it is sketching. At the same time, it is an easy skill to learn—though not to master—and you have probably been doing it all of your life without realizing...- News
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Windows 7 Silverlight TV 78: Designing Tiles and Splash Screens for Windows Phone (Design Tips Mini Series)
In this episode, Corrina continues the Design Tips miniseries by sharing her insights on how to create tiles and splash screens for Windows Phone applications. She walks through the process of creating an icon in Expression Design and how to make tiles look good and quickly mesh with Metro...- News
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Windows 7 Silverlight TV 75: Quick and Dirty UX Testing (Design Tips Mini Series)
Susan shares her insights on how to do quick and dirty UX testing to help your application be more successful. Susan (who works with great people on the UX team, including Corrina Black, Tsitsi Gora, and Arturo Toledo) has a lot of experience working on usability and spends a lot of time working...- News
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Windows 7 Silverlight TV 58: Windows Phone Design Tips With Corrina
New Windows Phone 7 applications are being uploaded to the marketplace all the time. But is your application standing out? This week, John and Corrina Black kick off a new Silverlight TV mini series called "Windows Phone 7 Design Tips with Corrina" to highlight ways you can improve the design of...- News
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Windows 7 Silverlight TV 42: Apply and Customize the New Silverlight Themes
Link RemovedTsitsi Gora, UX Designer at Microsoft, appears on the show to*announce the new Silverlight themes that her team has been working on. Tsitsi demonstrates the new themes available for download and explains the scenarios they had in mind when they created the themes.*The new*themes...- News
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