CategoryWindows Phone

May 19, 2015 — How does your website look on the Windows Phone platform? Approximately 3% of your mobile users will be using a Windows Phone, so you may need to make sure that your site renders properly. If you’re a developer without a Windows Phone device, you might have to get a little creative to ensure that your websites are being rendered properly. In this article Daniel Herken will point out a few different tools and techniques which can help test websites for Windows Phone even if you don’t have the real device handy or if you are not developing on Windows. Read more…

April 24, 2014 — So, does Unity beat HTML5? No, nor is this post intended to answer that question. The purpose of this is to provide insight into what it’s like for an HTML5 developer who strongly sides with the DOM and CSS to get into Unity game development. When Martin Kool’s HTML5 game Numolition was nearly done, he decided to throw it all away and rebuild it in Unity. That turned out to be an exciting and valuable experience, and one that he thought would be worth sharing with other Web developers. Come in, the water’s warm! Read more…

October 18, 2012 — This article is targeted at the everyday developer looking for practical guidelines and tips to leverage in their Windows Phone application to build compelling Windows Phone UI-compliant apps with solid user experiences. Think of it as a checklist of sorts to ensure that your app avoids the common design problems. Read more…

December 20, 2011 — Microsoft’s new mobile operating system, Windows Phone 7 (WP7), introduces a fresh approach to content organization and a different UX, based on the Metro design language and principles that will be incorporated into Windows 8. Read more…