Comments on: Upwardly Mobile, Part 3: Exploring Windows Mobile 6’s Built-In UI Controls http://www.globalnerdy.com/2009/05/01/upwardly-mobile-part-3-exploring-windows-mobile-6s-built-in-ui-controls/ Tech Evangelist Joey deVilla on software development, tech news and other nerdy stuff Fri, 19 Mar 2010 02:30:00 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Joey deVilla http://www.globalnerdy.com/2009/05/01/upwardly-mobile-part-3-exploring-windows-mobile-6s-built-in-ui-controls/comment-page-1/#comment-4516 Joey deVilla Sat, 02 May 2009 06:36:12 +0000 http://www.globalnerdy.com/?p=3342#comment-4516 <strong>Hampton Catlin:</strong> Praise from a developer I hold in very high esteem! Hampton, you just made my night! As for the ugly: part of the problem is that the built-in controls in Windows Mobile -- even the current version 6 -- still have the earmarks of a time when the Palm Pilot/Handspring PDAs defined the standard. In fact, Windows Mobile phones with touchscreens, such as my own Palm Treo Pro, generally come with styluses. It's like it's the movie <em>Groundhog Day</em>, except in this one, you keep waking up in 2002. Future articles in the <em>Upwardly Mobile</em> series will cover workarounds for Windows Mobile 6.1 while we wait for the Windows Mobile 6.5 phones (due this summer) and the Windows 7 ones (due next year). These workarounds involve using third-party controls, whether they're made by control vendors or whether you roll your own -- I plan to cover both. Hampton Catlin: Praise from a developer I hold in very high esteem! Hampton, you just made my night!

As for the ugly: part of the problem is that the built-in controls in Windows Mobile — even the current version 6 — still have the earmarks of a time when the Palm Pilot/Handspring PDAs defined the standard. In fact, Windows Mobile phones with touchscreens, such as my own Palm Treo Pro, generally come with styluses. It’s like it’s the movie Groundhog Day, except in this one, you keep waking up in 2002.

Future articles in the Upwardly Mobile series will cover workarounds for Windows Mobile 6.1 while we wait for the Windows Mobile 6.5 phones (due this summer) and the Windows 7 ones (due next year). These workarounds involve using third-party controls, whether they’re made by control vendors or whether you roll your own — I plan to cover both.

]]> By: Hampton Catlin http://www.globalnerdy.com/2009/05/01/upwardly-mobile-part-3-exploring-windows-mobile-6s-built-in-ui-controls/comment-page-1/#comment-4515 Hampton Catlin Sat, 02 May 2009 06:27:15 +0000 http://www.globalnerdy.com/?p=3342#comment-4515 Ok, so this is magnificently written. Hell, I'm feeling like I could go write some code for Windows Mobile.... but *man* is it ugly. It looks like a VB6 UI. Ok, so this is magnificently written. Hell, I’m feeling like I could go write some code for Windows Mobile…. but *man* is it ugly. It looks like a VB6 UI.

]]> By: Exploring Windows Mobile 6’s Built-In UI Controls | Coded Style http://www.globalnerdy.com/2009/05/01/upwardly-mobile-part-3-exploring-windows-mobile-6s-built-in-ui-controls/comment-page-1/#comment-4514 Exploring Windows Mobile 6’s Built-In UI Controls | Coded Style Sat, 02 May 2009 04:11:25 +0000 http://www.globalnerdy.com/?p=3342#comment-4514 [...] my personal tech blog, Global Nerdy, I’ve posted a new article titled Upwardly Mobile, Part 3: Exploring Windows Mobile 6’s Built-In UI Controls. In it, I show a steak-and-cocktail-themed example app whose purpose is to get you familiar with [...] [...] my personal tech blog, Global Nerdy, I’ve posted a new article titled Upwardly Mobile, Part 3: Exploring Windows Mobile 6’s Built-In UI Controls. In it, I show a steak-and-cocktail-themed example app whose purpose is to get you familiar with [...]

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