Key technologies for building great reading experiencesKathy KamSenior Program Manager@kathykamSession 3-118

Downloading content for offline consumptionLayout technologies for adaptive reading experiencesNavigation techniques for keeping readers engaged

Agenda

“At quarter end, total paid digital subscriptions across the Company were approximately 532,000, up 13 percent from

472,000 as of March 18, 2012”

July 26 2012

Experience

• Acquire your data

• Display the

content䷁

• Navigate between content

Building a great reading experience

Download

Demo: Content downloader in HTML

Downloading the data• Use BackgroundDownloader to manage the

transfer of content any larger than 1 MB• Manage the download queue to accommodate

the user’s priorities• Ensure your large downloads are left in a state

where they can be transferred even when your app is suspended

Loading the dataLoading HTML from appdata local storage• Ensure that references resolve – fix URLs for images, video,

audio, fonts• Bring referenced content inline into main document• Be safe – use web context if you aren’t in complete control of

markup

Loading XAML from appdata local storage• Server-side conversion into loadable XAML• Client-side conversion and processing into visual elements

Layout ䷁

HTML text layout tools

Multi-columnHyphenationExclusionRegion

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XAML text layout tools

RichTextBlockRichTextBlockOverflowInlineUIContainer

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Navigation

Navigation

Demo: Navigation

• Acquire your data

• Display the

content䷁

• Navigate between content

Recap

• Develop: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/apps/br229512

• Design: http://design.windows.com/

• Samples: http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/windowsapps/Windows-8-Modern-Style-App-Samples

• Videos: http://channel9.msdn.com/Windows

Resources

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