Microsoft details Windows 8 Calendar app design, wants to 'show your life clearly'

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http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2012/06/windows-8-cal-06-16-12-01.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/16/microsoft-details-windows-8-calendar-app-design/)As part of its "Building Windows 8" blog series, Redmond has been doling inside info on apps like Mail (http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/15/microsoft-explains-windows-8s-mail-app-promises-more-changes-t/)and People (http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/13/microsoft-details-windows-8-people-app/), and now it's Calendar's turn in the spotlight. Steven Sinofsky blogged that one of the primary marks was to serve up a clear view of your life, and the team wanted Calendar to be easy to read and distraction free. To bring that about, it kept the info displayed to a minimum, giving users the option to easily change colors for important events and drop distracting ones from view if necessary. The designers also stressed ease of navigation, a simple interface for adding events, copious notification options and and advanced scheduling tricks -- like a full page of notes for each event. Of course, Microsoft also wanted to ensure the app conforms to Metro (http://www.engadget.com/tag/metro) design standards and functionality, and it seems to fit that mold in spades. Sinofsky also said that a lot of user feedback was accounted for, so be sure to check the source to see if that "Caturday" idea made the cut.

http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/16/microsoft-details-windows-8-calendar-app-design/