Win9 - Some New Apps [Concept]

Hey!

I decided to make two posts since I didn't want to make one really long one. These are just a couple apps (OneDrive, Word, and Task Manager) and How I think that they should work. There is definitely too much blue in these concepts... I didn't realize that until I was finished. I think that I should have made the OneDrive/File Explorer app with a slight grey navigation pain instead of a blue one... Oh well!

• I believe that File explorer/OneDrive needs a makeover as well. In this mockup I’ve done my best combine the touch-based version of SkyDrive with the desktop File Explorer
• If this works right it would definitely show that both interfaces can coexist peacefully.

 

 

• You can bring up the menu by swiping down from the top. Also this can be pinned to make it more like the desktop version.

• By swiping on the ribbon, you can bring up the other menus (file, share, and view).

• I like the idea of having tabs in the app because everything is full screen now (at least in this concept). I ultimately decided to have them be at the top and not at the bottom like in IE just because I figured that the majority of people who would use them would be using a mouse and keyboard.
• (Looking back at the pictures now, I think that the "File, Home, Share, View" list is way to large and out of scale...)

 

 

• This just shows the ribbon minimized, but the tabs and  address bar are still visible.
 

 

 

 

 

 

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• Here is a quick mock up of a Word mobile app. I really love the simplicity of the OneNote app and I think that it should be continued throughout the entire Office Suite.
• For Word, I think that it should just be that.... Words. I really like having the whole page be full screen so it's just me and the content of the paper...
• I also made a quick copy of the floating dot thing… (whatever you call it) I find it incredibly useful in OneNote, especially since you can quickly do swipe gestures on it to copy/past/bold and other functions.
• Also, I read somewhere about how Microsoft should make its office suite modular or something like that. Basically, everyone can get a simple word editor for free. Then if you want more advanced functions you can pay for different expansion packs that would add different functionality to your version of office. I don’t know how this would work, but it caught my interest and I thought it would be interesting to mention here. What do you guys think?

 

 

 

 

• This shows the ribbon visible at the top (Sorry, but I got kind of lazy with the ribbon this time and just use the current one. I think that it might look better with the same style as the File Explorer ribbon.)

• As with the File Explorer/OneDrive, it would be pinnable.

 

 These are just a few of my takes on certain apps. What's your input?

 

1. Do you think that the apps are too simple/complex to run on touch/desktop computers? Or are they just right and include just about everything for the best of both worlds?

2. Also, what do you think of the ribbons? I believe that they are incredibly useful and can be implemented to be used for both touch and nontouch devices.

 

Thanks for your input!