- Jan 8, 2011
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Microsoft testing ways to make Windows Live Tiles interactive
Read more - http://www.cnet.com/uk/news/microsoft-testing-ways-to-make-windows-live-tiles-interactive/
In a video, Human-Computer Interaction Group researcher Jiawei Gu demonstrates how users potentially could interact in new ways with the Live Tiles that are core to the Windows 8.X, Windows Phone, and Xbox user interfaces.
Three videos about Live Tiles were available temporarily before the Microsoft links stopped working today. However, the videos are still available on a third-party site.
Gu shows off the ability to drill down inside of a Live Tile -- rather than having to open full-screen a Metro-Style app -- to get music information and e-mails. He also shows off a new Interactive Desktop Tile that would allow users to open Desktop Office apps and, seemingly, other non-Microsoft-developed destkop/Win32 apps. Being able to interact with Desktop apps in this way could help Windows 8 users who find moving between the Desktop and Metro-Style environments less than smooth and intuitive.
Three videos about Live Tiles were available temporarily before the Microsoft links stopped working today. However, the videos are still available on a third-party site.
Gu shows off the ability to drill down inside of a Live Tile -- rather than having to open full-screen a Metro-Style app -- to get music information and e-mails. He also shows off a new Interactive Desktop Tile that would allow users to open Desktop Office apps and, seemingly, other non-Microsoft-developed destkop/Win32 apps. Being able to interact with Desktop apps in this way could help Windows 8 users who find moving between the Desktop and Metro-Style environments less than smooth and intuitive.
Read more - http://www.cnet.com/uk/news/microsoft-testing-ways-to-make-windows-live-tiles-interactive/
