![]() For anyone who’s written a line of code, the limitations make sense - but for the user trying to get that full-fledged Windows Phone experience, it could easily come across as broken. You’re really just walking through a series of animated screenshots. There is nothing to install and thanks to a project published on Github we can test it whatever your current browser is. For a laundry list of reasons, the simulator only scratches the surface of what Windows Phone 7 can do while you can tap into certain screens (the People hub, the Phone dialer) and kinda-sorta simulate what you’d do there, the vast majority just kind of sit there. Also without leaving the browser we can try the classic Windows 98 with its mythical sound included, with Outlook Express and with Internet Explorer. ![]() The simulator is cute, and definitely a great example of what can be done with some incredibly clever scripting - but I’m not sure that it’s actually helpful, either for Microsoft or the curious user. Microsoft is counting on finding a few more lovers in the crowd, it seems: they’ve just launched a browser-based WP7 simulator, seemingly tailored solely to sing Metro’s siren song to the wandering iPhone/Android user. While the features that Windows Phone 7 can call “exclusive” are few and far between, there’s at least one aspect of it that is absolutely, undeniably original: the user interface.Ĭalled “Metro”, the UI is so unique that it’s almost polarizing - you’ll know whether you love it or hate it within a few seconds.
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