virtual techdaysINDIA │ 9-11 February 2011

UI Exuberance – Architect with Apt Technologies

Sandeep J Alur │ Enterprise Architect Advisor, Microsoft India

Great Experience ?

More than “look and feel”

Great Experiences

Engaging

Functional

Connected

Web 3.0• Intelligent Web• Semantic Web• Era between 2010 to 2020

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FORM FACTORS

More Web Browser Choices than Ever

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Where are we heading ?

The Browser is the Theater, not the Play

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ASP.Net

Silverlight

Flash

Windows Presentation Foundation

Windows Forms

Win 32

HTML 5

User Experience

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Natural User Interface

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Evolution of User Interface

Source: wikipedia

COMMAND LINE INTERFACE

GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE

NATURAL USER INTERFACE

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Examples of NUI

3D Immersive Touch Multitouch

Natural Gestures

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Does one Technology Solve the Challenge (Problem) ?

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No

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Enterprise View

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• Choose a platform that has a promising roadmap

• Choose a platform that offers capability as the priority

• Choose a platform that is stable, and yet promises to innovate with time

User Interface

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Consumer View

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They appreciate capability and not technology

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Win 32 (Native)

• Go beyond Abstract Layer capability• Stay close to OS level calls

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Asp.Net

• De-facto web technology• Quick, Basic to Serious Web Applications

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Silverlight

• RIA• Great Experience• Beyond ASP .NET, HTML

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Silverlight

• RIA• Great Experience• Beyond ASP .NET, HTML

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HTML 5

• ~ RIA• Promises Great Experience

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Windows Forms/ WPF

• Enterprise• Consumer

Natural User Interface

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