win 8 idea book books and reference
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The Metro design language spans all Microsoft consumer experiences
Your app is visually stunning and center stage. It presents your content in new and
beautiful ways.
Users are completely immersed in your app and your content.
High quality images and illustrations shine in your app and draw users in.
Users will expect commands to be off screen and will swipe in from the top or bottom of
the screen when they need them.
• Use interesting and
relevant advertising
• Use the Trial option to
introduce your app
and then upgrade to
paid version
• Develop in-app
purchases to offer
premium experiences
• Manage your own
commerce platform
for 100% of revenue
• There are a variety of ways to monetize your app in the Windows Store beyond keeping up to 80% of revenue
Windows 8 enables apps to interact
seamlessly with each other.
These four “contracts” appear in
every app:
• Search
• Share
• Devices
• Settings
• Share articles with your friends,
family & colleagues
• Post articles to social networks
• Look up a term from any other
app; return results that
seamlessly combine local and
web-based content
Semantic Zoom allows a user to
get a different view of your data,
making it easier to understand
and navigate.
Examples
• Allow a user to quickly navigate
between different reference
categories
• Show visually how different
sections vary by various meta
data, including popularity, social
interactivity, age etc.
• Allow a user to quickly navigate between
different reference categories
• Show visually how different sections vary by
various meta data, including popularity,
social interactivity, age etc.
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Final version coming from
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Use location to provide relevant,
timely articles to the user
Examples:
• Show location-specific Human Body
events, lectures, and exhibits
• News aggregated from local sources
• Users can add cities to the favorite
section for easy access
• Social feed can be customized
based on the location
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