Hard Work, Persistence and Passion . . . .
… will only get you so far ….
Using the PlayTo functionality within a media application is a great way to enhance your media related app - but the methodology for the user to invoke the PlayTo feature in Windows 8 relies on a full working knowledge of the Charms bar (The user needs to select a device from the devices charm... Continue Reading →
So when using a flipview control there is no need for ‘next’ and ‘previous’ buttons as they are built into the UI already: But … the Windows 8 UI is new and unless you are using a mouse those buttons above will stay hidden. So these programmatic buttons serve as clues that you can... Continue Reading →
As much for my own benefit as anyone else's here are the icons that all exist within the “Segio UI Symbol” Font referenced in the Standard Styles XAML fragment of every new project. (They should form the basis for any icon appearing in the Application Bar) NB Click on the images to enlarge. Fragment showing... Continue Reading →
Semantic Zoom was initially implemented in “Live Tile Browser” to collapse down the A-Z listing of Live Tilesto a simple alphabet (see blow) Semantic Zoom – (a–z listing of available Live tiles) This worked fine but it did present a small problem when I decided to offer a different method for sorting the live tiles... Continue Reading →
Hard Work, Persistence and Passion . . . . 