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- What is a Metro style app?
- Why is implementing metro specific design patterns such as tiles important in mobile app development?
- What is Metro design language in mobile computing?
What is a Metro style app?
"Metro style apps are full screen apps tailored to your users' needs, tailored to the device they run on, tailored for touch interaction, and tailored to the Windows user interface. Windows helps you interact with your users, and your users interact with your app." from MSDN.
Why is implementing metro specific design patterns such as tiles important in mobile app development?
The goal of the Metro UI is to emphasize important content in a way that helps the user determine whether to dive into it or keep doing what they're doing.
What is Metro design language in mobile computing?
Microsoft Design Language (or MDL), previously known as Metro, is a design language created by Microsoft. This design language is focused on typography and simplified icons, absence of clutter, increased content to chrome ratio ("content before chrome"), and basic geometric shapes.
