ui design

Starting today at Link Removed in San Francisco, we’re going deep on details around Windows 10. This morning, Link Removed described our goal to bring Windows 10 to a billion devices over the next two-three years, and showed off a number of innovations that will help us reach more individual...

This guest blog post is the first of a 3-part series written by Windows MVP Jani Nevalainen. Please see the original post Link Removed, and stay tuned for Parts 2 and 3 coming soon. I believe that games are still one of the most fun ways to get to know a new programming language. Since there...

Hello all, Is there a way to make the slider button (I dont know what the real name is) on the right side darker? Much darker. It's almost the same as the field it slides in and is very hard to see. Is Win8 like this? Thanks for any help.

With reports that*the Metro name will no longer be used by Microsoft for the UI in Windows 8, Windows Phone, and Xbox, some are wondering how Microsoft will get themselves out of this situation. Source: Yahoo! News

I nearly dismissed this article as a propaganda piece until I got to the part of why Apple lost their business. I've seen a number of posts where people "in the business" are predicting Windows 8 to not make in roads into the enterprise. With regard to desktops, I somewhat agree with that...

There are lot of discussion about the upcoming Microsoft Windows 8 on the web. Leaks and screenshots suggests that Windows 8 will have totally different UI than Windows 7 and it looked pretty eye catching to me.I searched for Windows 8 transformation pack for Windows 7 and found many and some of...

hi guys im wondering where most of the themes have gone? I used to have one that was all black.. started with Ae i think.... i was just wondering if this is coming back or not im sure its been done for a reason i know but im just curious :)

This video covers the basics of using depth data from Kinect. You may find it easier to follow along by downloading the Link Removed. [Link Removed] Depth data overview [Link Removed] Initializing the Kinect Runtime [Link Removed] Using the depth data to create an image [Link Removed] Using...

This video covers the basics of skeletal tracking using the Kinect sensor. You may find it easier to follow along by downloading the Link Removed. [Link Removed] Skeleton Tracking API [Link Removed] Understanding Skeleton Quality and Joint data [Link Removed] Setup skeleton tracking [Link...

Supersite ... Source: Paul Thurott's SuperSite for Windows

But are icons more effective? Source: Yahoo! News

This week, Microsoft revealed a little of what to expect from the next Windows operating system. With its Windows Phone look and touch - literally - and tiles everywhere, it will be a major refresh, but there's a still a number of unanswered questions. Here are my top five: Link Removed

SAN FRANCISCO—Microsoft Corp. Windows president Steven Sinofsky previewed a touchscreen version of the operating system that can work on tablets, offering a glimpse of his company’s response to Apple Inc.’s iPad. Windows 8 resembles Microsoft’s software for mobile phones and uses “tiles,” rather...

This week on Channel 9, Dan and Clint discuss the week's top developer news, including: John Papa - Mix11 3D HouseBuilder Silverlight application is now available Kirill Osenkov - Link Removed now available for WP7 Jef Claes - Link Removed WebMatrix site Somasegar - Link Removed IE Team blog -...

Assume I have an open Windows Explorer and just deleted/added a folder. Now I (have to) press F5 to refresh the view. Depending on which part/half of the Windows Explorer has currently the focus only the tree view on the left OR the details view on the right get refreshed. The other part...

Screenshots of Microsoft's next operating system are starting to leak, but most of them haven't shown very much -- they've mostly been new start screens or set-up screens with a slightly different font. Source: Yahoo! News

Microsoft is experimenting with a ribbon interface for parts of Windows 8, and we have a gallery of leaked screenshots showing examples of an ea… Link Removed

Yes, the Windows 8 rumour mill is really spinning up now. This time around though, they're not really rumours, since the information is coming from Rafael Rivera and Paul Thurrott, long-time Microsoft enthusiasts with loads of insider access. They've got a bunch of screenshots showing a work in...

Supersite </br/> Ribbon usage is accelerating again in Windows 8, with Microsoft's next major OS including this UI in the most visible of all possible places, Windows Explorer. In early builds of Windows 8, this Ribbon UI is only half-finished, however, and it's unclear at this time how it...

Google is going to launch Android 3.0 which is new and enhanced version of Google's Mobile Operating System. It is specifically optimized for devices with larger screen sizes, particularly tablets and introduces a brand new, truly virtual and “holographic” UI design, as well as an elegant...