Windows 8 Windows 8 Blogs: Building the Mail app

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The latest blog in this series tells of how the Mail metro app was conceived and designed...

Hundreds of thousands of folks have been using the “App Preview” of Mail on a daily basis since the Windows 8 Release Preview. We’ve also been updating it along the way through the new Windows Store with more updates planned. In this post we go into the background of the Mail app and talk about the design and features, especially relative to Metro style design principles. This isn’t an exhaustive list of Mail features or features yet to be added and primarily focuses on the design and integration with Windows 8.

Building the Mail app - Building Windows 8 - Site Home - MSDN Blogs