Do you need a START button on Windows Mobile?
Windows Mobile 6.1 is just released and it has some nice interface tweaks and supposed to be more stable and faster than windows mobile 6. Its a great mobile OS due to its familiarity and compatibility with Windows for desktop. However Microsoft has never given much thought to user experience I guess.
I understand that windows mobile resembles windows in many ways and that probably makes adaptation easier but it probably goes too far with windows resemblance that it ends up being a non-userfriendly mobile OS.
I fully agree with Kevin Hoffman that Windows Mobile is a shrunken and crippled version of windows. I don't see any value of a Start button on a Mobile OS. I have a few suggestions for Windows Mobile User-Experience team:
- Please remove the Start Button, its not needed.
- Show big, finger-friendly icons for various applications right on Home screen.
- Reduce number of screens and taps required to do various things.
- Please do away with tiny text labels and other little user interface elements wherever possible.
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This is Parag Kalra. Thanks for the comments on my Autobiography. After I visited your company website and your linkedin profile, I have become a great fan of yours. I think we are cut of the same cloth. I am keenly interested to meet you. BTW whats your GMAIL email id? Also are you on Orkut? This is my Orkut Profile: http://www.orkut.com/Profile.aspx?uid=17968735227219058594
I would love to add you as a friend.
And yes my Autobiography is still in progress and hence its short :-)
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