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In the world of information consumption in applications, it’s crucial to have a clear and easy way to navigate and inspect that information. The master-detail design pattern has become one of the most popular approaches in applications today. In this post, we’ll discuss what this is, determine...

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I would like to suggest a new post tab to added. It's there on the main/home page but not on any page after that. See examples. It's a PITA to have to go to the home page, find my topic area and then find a the new post tab.

whenever i press open or double click a folder. It goes back to the my computer page???? .. Help please. Thank you

(hey mods, there's no Windows 10 thread prefix) Hey before I start downloading and testing, I figured I'd ask first. My ideal windows explorer would have one simple function, and that's that when I navigate to a folder -> it switches to the window of any preexisting explorer window open to...

Hi Haven't tried to do this in a long time, and I find that Media Player makes no sense at all. Why is there no navigation pane that at least lets you find what you want to play. Link Removed I spent 10 minutes trying to find a way to navigate to the DVD in my drive. I have all the Codecs...

Hello to all. I realize the title is inappropriate to describe the topic. I'd be trying to figure out if possible with Windows (if this is where I should start to analyze the issue ..) have a "pop-up" with 3-4 favorite social networks web link always visible (at my request , otherwise not) at...

Overview Web-to-app linking allows you to drive user engagement by associating your app with a website. When users open a link to your website, instead of opening the browser, your app is launched. If your app is not installed, your website is opened in the browser as usual. By implementing...

Editor’s note: This is part two in a series of posts from the team that built the 10k Apart contest page, exploring the process of building for interoperability, accessibility, and progressive enhancement in less than 10kB. In the previous post in this series, I talked a lot about how the 10k...

Using the theme UI.X........when answering post or creating a new post, like this one, the new post tab is missing. It would be nice to have...as it stands now, one has to go back to the forums main page and then select the new post tab.

Hi Because I'm having problems with Chrome I'm trying to use the Edge browser. What I'm having problems with is the Favorites bar. I've figured out how to save something to it, (awkward and not what you would expect) but once it's on there how do move it to the position I want and delete the...

There are plenty of well-designed apps out there. Often what distinguishes a great Universal Windows Platform (UWP) app from a good one is the small touches, like animations and audio cues. This post will provide guidance on some of the subtle nuances that can help you take your app to the next...

One thing that really annoys me is a bunch of items in the Windows Start Menu that I don't use or don't work. I tend to throw such items in a "General" folder and forget about them. However, some systemapps have entries in the start menu that seem to be hardwired - Connect Cortana Microsoft...

In the past several posts, we have covered user interface (UI) design concepts such as typography, visual cues, and design thinking. In today’s blog, however, we will look at a topic that has much less to do with solving UI design problems and much more to do with solving user experience (UX)...

***SOLVED*** 7tutorials just posted a quick start guide on "How to quick ly find any setting in the Windows 10 Settings app." Article's link: How to quickly find any setting in the Settings app from Windows 10

There is a very deeply buried setting that allows you to turn the default vibration setting off for the navigation keys on Windows 10 Mobile devices. read more Continue reading...

I have been having a problem with my main PC not loading google chrome periodically. I have tried to fix this by re installing chrome, however, it then got stuck not opening the uninstaller for chrome. I have then restarted it a couple of times, each time trying to uninstall chrome. It then...

Hi The map app, is showing the wrong street address for my home location, but I can't find anyplace to edit the information and correct it. It was correct at one time but it has changed to what Cortana thinks it my address instead of the other way around. Anyone know how to change it? Mike

Hi Here's another example of why I hate apps! I decided to try the 7Zip Opener app, I always use 7-Zip anyway and maybe the app will make it easy to use. It's very easy to start with. So I install the app, (now with the normal desktop version of 7-Zip you just right click on the .zip or .rar...

Hello. I'm new to posting / Threading or however you call it. This is a strange thing that happened to me. I downloaded Windows 10. Because I made a reservation. But I don't like Windows 10, because I can't open some programs, or they don't work. So, I looked up how to downgrade to my older...