Metro UI for RadControls for Silverlight and WPF

Another words, "//BUILD/ Windows8 looking application TODAY  with Telerik Silverlight RAD Controls!!!"
..Ben

What is the target release date?

Q2 2011 will be released in mid-July.

Metro UI for RadControls is cool and expected.

I like the vibrant & sharp look -  very rad :)

I wonder how the ribbon will look like in Metro style

Check the second screenshot from the top :)
Or click here: http://blogs.telerik.com/Libraries/MetaBlogLib/Windows-Live-Writer-Metro-UI-Theme-Coming_9BAE-richtextedit_2.sflb

Check the second screenshot from the top :)
Or click here: http://blogs.telerik.com/Libraries/MetaBlogLib/Windows-Live-Writer-Metro-UI-Theme-Coming_9BAE-richtextedit_2.sflb

I didn't like the ribbon in Metro because it's not Metro style at all .. icons and clutter







Metro celebrating the typography and space "the wise use of course"







All others are good and the media player is very good

It looks good overall, but I am not convinced by the metro ribbon. Metro is more than just making everything flat and using simple art - it can't be used as a general skin.



Considered changing the behavior of the ribbon to be more like the WP7 tabs (I think they call it the pivot)? I think it might be more appropriate.



Hit http://riagenic.com/ and see what Scott Barnes (ex WPF PM) has to say about the Metro design; you might find some fresh inspiration for your metro styling and behavior.

To comment on the folks talking about RadRibbonBar...

The RibbonUI and the implementation shown above is an example of switching the theme to Metro and letting it roll - to demonstrate that we have the theme for the Ribbon.  All things considered, RibbonUI is part of the Office UX/UI design, meaning that most standard uses of the RibbonBar would look better with one of our themes, like Office*, Win, Transparent, or Expression.  Imagine using Word or Excel without all those icons and options, you'd be nearly crippled unless you can customize to a T what you would need in a more 'Metro' fashion.  Or if you are one of those people who survives on keyboard shortcuts alone. ;)

That being said, RadRibbonBar and the Ribbon ideology does offer some good conceptual elements for implementing functionality within your application.  What if we use the Ribbon for what it is good for, but incorporate Metro concepts to utilize more text and less icons, to get the best of both worlds?  Hmm, sounds like I just challenged myself to a blog series... Stay tuned, I've got a few fun things in the works around this release (and other projects I can't talk about yet), but I'll start working up the concepts for this for around when our Metro theme officially launches in Q2.

-Evan

Ribbon with metro looks messy but all else is wonderful.

I don't think ribbon should really be used with metro because ribbon is towards the icons and metro towards the language.

simply, WONDERFUL!

This really has taken the sizzle out of Silverlight in my view.  Flat and pastel like.  Personally I'm not a fan.







Windows 8 looks like an even greater disapointment.







One of the reasons Apple has had such great penetration is their understanding of interfaces and the UI / UX.  Even their proposed "spaceship" office building incorporates their vision.

magic ^_^

Are those comming to ASP.NET as well?
We need that asap :)

They certainly are, check the 'New embedded skins' section in our AJAX and MVC roadmaps below:
http://www.telerik.com/products/aspnet-ajax/whats-new/roadmap.aspx
http://www.telerik.com/products/aspnet-mvc/whats-new/roadmap.aspx

application menu not expanding on metro look

Metro is no more.  Change this name asap.

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Unfortunatelly Metro style is oversimplified to the point that it looks cheap. There is nothing positively stunning about it. Windows 7, OS X and Android are much more pleasing to the eye.