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    Anatomy of a [Sexy] GUI

    Author: Frederick
    06 23rd, 2008

    The prototype of the Automatic Power Cycling Network (APCN) Kiosk Software used the default Windows CE Shell. The default shell reminded you of the Windows 98 theme, what Microsoft now affectionately calls the Classic theme. It reeked of drab, flat colors and boxy frames. Each page in the prototype was achieved using the TabControl. It was clearly evident that this will not work with our tiny (7″) widescreen touchscreen LCD. Common sense dictates that the buttons must be big enough for the fingers to touch and text to be read.

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