Back in 2010, Microsoft had filed a patent under “Visual motion for user interface feedback”, for its Metro UI. Now on the 18th of August, the patent finally got approved by the USPTO. The guys over at WP Central got an interesting part of the patent which briefly describes Metro UI;
“Aspects of a user interface that provides visual feedback in response to user input. For example, boundary effects are presented to provide visual cues to a user to indicate that a boundary in a movable user interface element (e.g., the end of a scrollable list) has been reached. As another example, parallax effects are presented in which multiple parallel or substantially parallel layers in a multi-layer user interface move at different rates, in response to user input. As another example, simulated inertia motion of UI elements is used to provide a more natural feel for touch input. Various combinations of features are described. For example, simulated inertia motion can be used in combination with parallax effects, boundary effects, or other types of visual feedback. “
As we already know that Microsoft has finalized to go ahead with the Metro UI, this is the same UI which first appeared on Windows Phone 7 devices. The company has previously mentioned that the upcoming Windows 8 as well as Xbox 360 (through an update) will get the tiles based Metro UI in the near future.
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