Windows Phone Design Resources

With the release of Windows Phone Developer Tools Beta (upgrading Windows Phone Developer Tools Beta), Microsoft has brought you the design resources for Windows Phone ).

 

Design resources for Windows Phone

UI design and interaction guide for Windows Phone 7

Windows Phone introduces a Touch User Interface (UI) based on a design system codenamed Metro. this Guide provides detailed information about UI elements and controls, UI system behaviors, and the Interaction Model for the touch interface. designers and developers shocould read this guide to learn the dos and don't 'ts of UI implementations for their Windows Phone applications.

UI design and interaction guide for Windows Phone 7

I mentioned that the change was quite big when I came out of the second version. If you want to see the first Chinese translation, you can download the following document, which is provided by www.wpmind.com.

Windows-phone-7-uidesign and man-machine failover

 

Windows Phone Design System-codename Metro

A visual explanation of the inspiration behind the Windows Phone Design System codenamed Metro, the seven areas of Windows Phone differentiation, and the red threads that are the principles Microsoft used to guide the experiences built into Windows Phone.

This is the default theme for Windows Phone. You can understand the design elements of this theme.

 

Design templates for Windows Phone 7

A collection of 28 layered Photoshop template files that can be used to create pixel-perfect application layouts, to help guide UI development, or to pitch an idea. these design templates showcase when controls that are a part of the Windows Phone Developer Tools Beta. they also include examples of controls that are a part of Windows Phone, but are not available as a part of the Windows Phone Developer Tools. these additional templates are supported to help designers and developers maintain a consistent look and feel wait SS applications for system controls that developers wish to mimic. templates in the download: Application Bar & Application menu, buttons, check box, context menu, Date Picker, dialog boxes, Edit Control, hardware, icons, keyboard & input, list Picker, list View, Panorama, Panorama backgrounds, picker box, progress, progress indicators, quick jump grid, radio button, reminders, Slider, start & App list, start tiles, status bar, theme, time Picker, toast configurations, toggle switch

This is a Windows Phone Design template in Photoshop format. I don't have photoshop. I read all the documents in it.

 

Application bar icons for Windows Phone 7

These icons are now installed locally as a part of the Windows Phone Developer Tools Beta at c: \ Program Files (x86) \ microsoft sdks \ Windows Phone \ v7.0 \ icons.