Creating Asha Web Apps with Brunch and Jade

Asha web apps? Asha web apps are a lightweight application development framework for creating apps for low end Nokia devices (Asha series and earlier). While JME is the most popular technology for creating apps for Asha, web apps are a reasonably quick and convenient way to expose content on the web - basically, your garden variety front ends for restful services, spiced by some simple navigation.

I want my actions!

The Nokia Asha full touch offering introduced an API called Category bar. In the UX guidelines it says that you should never, ever, in a million years place actions in there. Now why is that? Are we just trying to fool you with this guidance? No, we're not. And this is why.

How to detect if NFC is enabled on Windows Phone 8 devices

Near field communication (NFC) enables many practical features by using the intuitive tapping gestures, such as sharing contacts, pairing Bluetooth, sending photos, etc. The Proximity API, as the enabler of NFC on Windows Phone 8, has gained a lot of attention from application developers.

Use the PeerFinder API to launch applications via NFC

With the introduction of NFC on Windows Phone 8, the scenarios of device interaction become much more reachable to consumers and developers. By simply by tapping one WP8 device with another, we can perform a variety of tasks, like sharing a contact, photo, video, or app, pairing with Bluetooth, etc.

Touchy-Feely with DOM Events: Rethinking Cross-Device User Interaction

There have been numerous ways for users to interact with web pages on mobile phones. Historically, users navigated the mobile web by pressing physical buttons (arrow keys, soft keys, etc.), while some devices required a stylus. In the last several years, devices with touch-enabled screens have been adopted at such a rapid rate that touch interaction has become ubiquitous.

Did I touch it or not?

On touch user interfaces, visual feedback is as important as it is on non-touch UIs. But it?s a bit different.

With a non-touch UI you need to indicate which UI element is currently in focus

Millimeters vs. Pixels

Hello again, A few weeks ago I was listing the top things to consider when moving from non-touch screens to touch screens. One of the things I mentioned was to ensure that the touch areas for your UI elements are big enough.

How to use emulators to develop NFC features on WP8

One of the more interesting features of Windows Phone 8 is its Proximity Framework for Near-field communications (NFC). Both Nokia and Microsoft have heavily invested in this area. The Proximity AP

It starts with your launcher icon | Code Blog

Continuing with the topic of icons... From the start, the appearance of your application in the app menu makes a difference in how people interpret your app. If your icon looks stylish, has the correct shape, and people can guess from the app's name what it does, your app is on the right track.

Math behind icon design | Code Blog

Did you know... The squircle (the matemathical term) is pretty close to the Nokia icon shape. Luckily enough, you don't need the formula to create your launcher icon; you can always use the Icon templates we have created for you. And you don't need Photoshop to work with them: they are also available for Inkscape!

LWUIT library is out! | Code Blog

Hi all, Fresh from the oven, we have just published the LWUIT Developer's Library. LWUIT Developer's Library describes how to use the LWUIT for Series 40, the port of the Lightweight UI Toolkit for Nokia's Series 40 phones.