The real operation experience of Metro design concept wp7

Article Description: simple but not shabby ﹣wp7 visual drip.

has been looking forward to, the introduction of the Metro design concept of the real operation of the experience, and now finally WP7. To get the test machine, the first rapid past, the first impression is that the interface is simple and clear, no gorgeous high light, no ups and downs of the texture, really feel like in public places to see the information signs as concise and clear, fast, content-oriented.

Now let's start with the first screen of the phone:

Distinctive Unlocking interface

WP7 's unlock interface is very different. Located in the middle of the position of the time information is the most eye-catching, that is, the use of English in the layout of the advantages of the design and implementation of the concept of simplicity of the visual design, the information in a way of showing no burden to the user presented. Under the time information will have the text message, the alarm clock and so on push the information. The top of the natural equipment, such as electricity, signal and other system information.

The entire interface looks more like a picture than the unlocked hint we've been accustomed to, or the "lock" hint. But when using a mobile phone, users do not have to worry about not knowing how to enter the Standby interface. When the user's finger touches any place on the screen, the phone screen will have a simulation of the weight of the object and then bounce off the animation.

With such an animated hint, believe that most users will, try to go up the sliding interface, so congratulations, you already know how to enter the standby screen. Obviously, such animation hints are more vivid and straightforward than any form of text hint. The interface is concise, clean, the operation hints Vivid, the image and does not have any visual burden, this is WP7 to bring us the first surprise.
When the user to slide up the screen, the standby interface slowly show to the user's eyes, the whole process is like a big curtain opened in general. One of the small details of this period is that the time information on the unlock interface fades away as the whole picture rises.

In the prevention of misoperation caused by the problem of unlocking, WP7 also considered very thoughtful. If the upper sliding action on the unlocking interface is fast and powerful, which is recognized by the system as an effective operation, it will immediately enter the standby interface. Conversely, the slide is slow, you need to slide the lock screen to screen 1/3 to complete the unlock.

Simple and clear Standby interface

When you are done unlocking, you can see the WP7 standby interface. The standby interface adopted a new content display and layout, not the same icon is not a thick widget and texture of the icon combination, but the use of more abstract interface, a large block of squares, oversized fonts, so that users at a glance.

The contents of the application icon are also different depending on the application attribute. Functional applications, such as telephone, mail, and so will be a monochrome icon to show the function, when there are new messages or missed calls, and so on, will display the corresponding number on the edge of the icon;

Information applications, such as contacts, pictures and so on will be the contact photos, part of the picture content to show.

From the application of the information composition of the icon, we can divide each icon into three layers to look at: The bottom is the background image can also be a system of color block, the middle layer is the name of the application, the top is pushed information.

Edits to each application entry can be adjusted and deleted by a long press and then by activating the edit state of the application entry. The adjustment of the position can be done by dragging the fingers, and the deletion is done by clicking on the upper-right corner icon of the current activation application. When you are done, click on any blank area to exit the edit state.

In the standby interface to the Zoshi or click on the right corner of the arrow, you enter the application list. In the same way, you can return to the standby screen by clicking on the right arrow in the top left corner of the Program list page or the right slide. The icon size in the program list is 62*62px, and you can display the list content as much as possible when you are not sure of the delays.

In the list of applications, users can uninstall, add to the standby interface, and view the heat and comment by pressing an application long and then activating the Edit menu for it.

Panoramic view of the picture

To say the application in WP7, we have to introduce the panorama, that is, Panorama view. It was introduced by Metro and brought significant changes to the mobile interface, unlike any previous user interface to a mobile phone system. It's no longer about getting your content to fit into a cramped phone screen, or switching back and forth between different forms. It provides an entirely new view, extending content horizontally beyond the screen to show/integrate different controls, data, and services as if they were on a horizontal scroll. The part of the current viewable area, just the size of the phone screen, is like a sliding window on a scroll. What the user needs to do is simply slide the finger horizontally across the interface, and the scroll will then move the content you want to see into the focus area in front of you.

All applications in WP7 are implemented using this architecture. Both visually and interactively are different from previous programs in any other mobile phone. This is believed to bring more freshness to the user.

A novel animation effect

If this is the case with WP7, it is not enough to cause such a big impact. In addition to the new Metro concept and the panoramic view of Panorama, it is also very effective in visual effects. More representative of the smooth slide screen effect, the level of access between the page effect and dynamic loading animation.
Sliding screen effect, smooth horizontal slide screen is closely related to the panoramic view of the derivative.

Because of the use of panoramic view, so the current screen can be seen on the right side of the next screen of a part of the content, which also gives the horizontal slide of the animation to pave the way, so that the actual sliding screen operation really have to see the same experience.
Page animation, in different types of pages, its specific manifestations are also different.
Stand-by Screen animation, when the user clicks on an application, the application is clicked on its own temporarily do not move, the other applications together to the Valgus (left turn), similar to the book, and then clicked on the application also followed individually to valgus out. It feels like opening a magical door-like, whether it's semantics or animation that conveys a sense of opening that fits the open application.

There are three kinds of page animations for the content list, one is to enter the text list items--to Valgus (turn left), one is to exit the text list items--the list items to turn upside down (turn right), there is a kind of exit the entire page content-the entire page together to turn upside down (turn right). It feels like a head-on opening, and the feeling of disappearing with the wind.

WP7 is a very breakthrough system, it brings us not only visual impact, more is the design concept of open. I believe it will bring us more surprises with the richness of the WP7 application.