Hard Work, Persistence and Passion . . . .
… will only get you so far ….
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 →
Live Tiles: ‘Get the important facts at a glance’ As owners of a Windows Phone we love our Live Tiles. Apart from the convenience they can save us valuable time when its simply not an option to stop what you are doing and fire up an App. But as an early adopter of Windows Phone... Continue Reading →
We have all been is situations where we have seen code implemented in an unnecessarily complex way or where the number of features in an app has gotten out of control. I like to think that the use of “KISS” (“Keep it simple – stupid”) is one of the main stays of all the projects... Continue Reading →
I have just finished an update to the Windows Phone 7 version of LTB that picks up on some of the enhancements made for the Windows 8 metro version (see here). The latest version, as well as including many more live tiles (on average we are seeing around 15-20 new Live Tiles a week) now... Continue Reading →
A quick interim post to show progress on porting this app to Windows 8. Still much to do but have made good progress in a couple of days. Plan on adding filters for Live Tile types which will re-arrange the screen accordingly. UI is very responsive so am pleased thus far. I have added... Continue Reading →
The popular free App for Windows Phone has received over a dozen new ‘live tiles’ this week along with what has become one of the most requested features – a means of identifying new live tiles! As of today new tiles will be highlighted with a red dot in the upper right hand corner: ... Continue Reading →
When I first started development for Windows Phone I remember excitedly travelling down to Microsoft in London for the day as I had the chance to test out my Apps on a real live Windows development phone! At the time I had several Apps that I had developed in Silverlight with a view to porting... Continue Reading →
Hard Work, Persistence and Passion . . . . 