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CHAPTER 1 TAKING THE METRO WITH WINDOWS PHONE
tile to be pinned to the Start area, you can tap the
pin icon. This will remove that tile from the Start
area.
It ’ s all very well to have these dynamic,
adjustable tiles, but what happens to all those
applications that aren ’ t immediately visible on
Start? Well, there are a couple of places where
you can go to look for them. In the left image of
Figure 1 - 6, you can see a Start that contains a
large number of tiles and that has been scrolled up
to reveal additional tiles. While not immediately
obvious, Start can contain as many or as few tiles
as you want. It ’ s worth adjusting these tiles so that
those that are important to you appear at the top
of Start. Hitting the right arrow icon takes you
to an alphabetic list of the available applications,
shown in the right image of Figure 1 - 6.
Whereas the left side of Start is designed for glance - and - go information, the applications list has
been designed to be easy to navigate in order to get you where you need to go as quickly as possible.
HUBS
As you step out of Start, you will most likely end up in one of six hubs: People, Pictures, Music + Video,
Games, Offi ce, and Marketplace. Each of these hubs is structured around a Panoramic view in which
the screen acts as a small portal into a larger display. The panoramas are designed to be cyclic. The
content loops around so that if you keep scrolling either to the right or the left you will see each
of the content groups available in the panorama. In Figure 1 - 7, you can see the People hub, which
shows your contacts in groups that represent Recent, All, and What ’ s New.
FIGURE 1 - 6
FIGURE 1 - 7
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