Haze port coming to WP.

[Kevin N Smith]

Haze
The hit IOS weather app will come to WP.

Haze is an iOS weather app that features an intuitive, simplistic, and extremely glancable UI.

I'm working on a WP8 port, and here is the first screenshot:


EDIT: TERRIBLE API issues. Will be released when I fix them...

 

[MAkhdar]

Good luck designing it! Make it as "Metro" as possible :grin:

 

[James8561]

awesome! thanks for bringing another official app to the store

 

[Ma Rio]

thats great! rock on!

 

[Kevin N Smith]

Good luck designing it! Make it as "Metro" as possible :grin:

If you look at the iOS version, you'll notice that the design is already flat. Due to the app being a port, not a total redesign for WP, I'm trying to design the app so that any shadows, glow, etc won't be present in the WP version. I'm basically going for flat/clean, not metro as metro requires me to use things that just won't work in Haze - Pivots, Accent Colors, App Bars, etc. If MS were to loosen the guidelines that define metro, it would be MUCH easier to move iOS apps over without forgetting metro entirely.

As a designer, I'm more focused on getting the gestures and animations looking as smooth as possible and making sure all of the technologies used to the design the iOS app will work on Windows Phone, and if they are not, find and implement the alternative.

TLDR: Making it metro requires me to rethink everything that made the iOS app great. Doing this would push the release date past the 1st.

 

[Cryio]

It looks Metro-ish enough already. They just need the Modern UI buttons.

 

[Kevin N Smith]

It looks Metro-ish enough already. They just need the Modern UI buttons.

Settings will be 100% metro with native modern buttons.

 

[hopmedic]

If you look at the iOS version, you'll notice that the design is already flat. Due to the app being a port, not a total redesign for WP, I'm trying to design the app so that any shadows, glow, etc won't be present in the WP version. I'm basically going for flat/clean, not metro as metro requires me to use things that just won't work in Haze - Pivots, Accent Colors, App Bars, etc. If MS were to loosen the guidelines that define metro, it would be MUCH easier to move iOS apps over without forgetting metro entirely.

As a designer, I'm more focused on getting the gestures and animations looking as smooth as possible and making sure all of the technologies used to the design the iOS app will work on Windows Phone, and if they are not, find and implement the alternative.

TLDR: Making it metro requires me to rethink everything that made the iOS app great. Doing this would push the release date past the 1st.

It's not the pivots and accent colors that are important to making it work for Windows Phone. One of the most important things is that it works like a Windows Phone user would expect it to work. Using UX components that go against what Windows Phone users are used to is a mistake I see now and then. I don't know the app, but the UX is more important than whether there are accent colors and application bars used.

 

[bilzkh]

Will it have lock-screen integration and wide live tile?

 

[Kevin N Smith]

Will it have lock-screen integration and wide live tile?

Lock screen will come one week after the initial release. It will ship with a live tile.

 

[Kevin N Smith]

It's not the pivots and accent colors that are important to making it work for Windows Phone. One of the most important things is that it works like a Windows Phone user would expect it to work. Using UX components that go against what Windows Phone users are used to is a mistake I see now and then. I don't know the app, but the UX is more important than whether there are accent colors and application bars used.

Good point. Of course, I have limitations on how "WP User friendly" I can make it, but it will be intuitive. A tutorial will come in 1.0 or 1.1 if anyone can't figure it out.

 

[halamadridkimi]

Awesome, will download it

 

[Kevin N Smith]

Upd:Added 1st screenshot!

 

[Dratwister]

I think you should remove the gradient in circles

 

[Kevin N Smith]

Done, looks better.

 

[Kevin N Smith]

Done, looks better!

Double post due to wpc app glitch

 

[MAkhdar]

Is this app still alive? I hope you release it soon, good luck.

 

[Kevin N Smith]

It is, just having serious issues with the APIs.

 

[Kevin N Smith]

The Jan 10th release was assuming it all went as planned.

 

[Kevin N Smith]

I finally have API access and development can continue. Due to this delay, we're looking at a febuary release and an update when 8.1 launches soon after.