Ok, so I am trying to build out an UI where I use the <Slider> UX control to indicate passing time (this is for the Dimecasts.net WP7 application). But the oddest thing happened, when I put the slider control onto my page it did not show up. I thought maybe I was doing something wrong...
One key UX concept when working with the WP7 is making data entry easy for the user. When entering a text box on WP7 you are presented with the virtual keyboard (aka SIP – Soft Input Panel). The trick is allowing the user to close this keyboard without having to do something special (yes...
Last week I published my first WP7 application to the marketplace call Recording Studio. This is a simple little application which allows you to create and save voice notes via your WP7. I decided to create this because creating and using voice notes is something I have done a ton of on my iPhone and...
One of the great features (also one which is not fully implemented in my opinion) is the backstack in WP7. The idea of the back stack is that when you navigate away from a page that page is pushed to this stack so that when the user hits the back button (or it is done via code) the previous page...
When building out a Windows Phone 7 application which utilizes the Pivot (or Panorama) controls there may be times where you want to disable the flick gesture which is used to swipe/move between the various Pivots. My direct reasoning for wanting to do this was that I have a popup control which...