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taxenqs@yahoo.com - 09 Jul 2008 01:03 GMT

I've noticed that many Windows Mobile 6 apps (including Microsoft
ones) for my SmartPhone have no File-Exit, Help-About, etc. menu
options.
e.g. mobile Internet Explorer, mobile Outlook, mobile Windows Media
Player 10

Most Windows desktop apps conform to some (G)UI standard.
Is there a (G)UI standard for Windows Mobile apps?

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Christopher Fairbairn [MVP] - 09 Jul 2008 01:15 GMT

Hi,

> Most Windows desktop apps conform to some (G)UI standard.
> Is there a (G)UI standard for Windows Mobile apps?

A couple of documents that I am aware of are:

Designed for Windows Mobile guidelines -
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsmobile/bb327790.aspx (of interest if
you want your application to be able to use the "designed for windows
mobile" logo in marketing material etc).

Design Guidelines section of the Windows Mobile SDK documentation -
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb158602.aspx

Hope this helps,
Christopher Fairbairn

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taxenqs@yahoo.com - 23 Jul 2008 18:33 GMT

On Jul 8, 5:15 pm, "Christopher Fairbairn [MVP]"
<christop...@christec.co.nz> wrote:

> Hi,
>
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> Hope this helps,
> Christopher Fairbairn

Some programs use the mnemonic 'E' for Exit, some use 'X' for Exit.
And some have no way of Exiting the program at all.
Use the Task Manager to kill the app?

Some programs use the left soft key for OK/Done/Yes and the right soft
key for Cancel/No.
Some reverse this convention.
And some programs vary the convention even within different screens of
the same program!

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