UX guidelines for Windows 8 Store apps are now available as a handy pdf download

The UX guidelines for WinRT applications can now be downloaded as a pdf. Very handy.

Image gallery of upcoming Windows 8 devices

Head over to http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/presskits/oem/imagegallery.aspx 

Select your OS as Windows 8

Or Windows 8 RT

And admire the new devices coming our way including this tempting device

Quick links to the guidelines for creating Windows Store apps

This is mainly to help me … but enjoy 🙂

Guidelines for selecting text and images

Guidelines for the Semantic Zoom

Guidelines for panning

Guidelines for optical zoom and resizing

Guidelines for rotation

Guidelines for cross-slide

Guidelines for feedback

Guidelines for targeting

Guidelines for selecting text and images

Guidelines for scaling to screens

Guidelines and checklist for splash screens

Guidelines and checklist for tiles

Guidelines and checklist for secondary tiles

Guidelines and checklist for toast notifications

Guidelines and checklist for badges

Guidelines and checklist for search

Guidelines and checklist for sharing content

Guidelines and checklist for file pickers

Guidelines and checklist for roaming application data

Guidelines for location-aware applications

Guidelines for snapped and fill views

Guidelines and checklist for edge-based animation

Guidelines and checklist for list animations

Guideline and checklist for transition animations

Guidelines and checklist for transient UI animation

Guidelines for scaling to pixel density

Guidelines for scaling to screens

Guidelines for snapped and fill views

Guidelines for layouts

Guidelines for resizing

Guidelines for visual feedback