Smartphone User Interface Guidelines

The user interface guidelines for Windows Mobile-Based Smartphones assist you in developing Windows Mobile-based applications that provide a good user experience. The guidelines are based on extensive usability research.

In This Section

• Guiding Principles
  Describes the principles of effective user interface design.
• Shell Environment
  Provides guidelines for different areas of the shell environment.
• User Interface Controls
  Provides guidelines for specific UI controls.
• User Interface Text
  Provides guidelines for elements of UI text.
• System Colors and Fonts
  Provides guidelines for choosing UI colors and fonts.

Last updated on Friday, April 22, 2005

© 2005 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

Send feedback on this topic to the authors.