{"id":5838,"date":"2013-05-28T11:30:32","date_gmt":"2013-05-28T01:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mingersoft.com\/blog\/?p=5838"},"modified":"2013-05-27T20:36:18","modified_gmt":"2013-05-27T10:36:18","slug":"fitbit-dashboard-receives-metro-styling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mingersoft.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/fitbit-dashboard-receives-metro-styling\/","title":{"rendered":"Fitbit Dashboard Receives Metro Styling"},"content":{"rendered":"

A while back I wrote about how Fitbit developed a Metro app for Windows 8\/RT<\/a> which, in my opinion, did a fantastic job of aligning with the design language whilst still retaining the Fitbit identity. I think it is a great way to check my Fitbit stats without having to fire up and login to the Fitbit website thanks to the app and the live tile functionality.<\/p>\n

Anyway, it seems that Metro is gaining some popularity outside of Windows operating systems with Fitbit offering the opportunity to use a new version of its interactive dashboard once you login.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>

The New Fitbit Dashboard<\/p><\/div>\n

The tiles, apart from the vertical double height tile, align with the existing Metro design language and help to create a very clean user interface on the website. Furthermore, if you resize the page the tiles will also rearrange themselves to avoid horizontal scrolling.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>

The New Fitbit Dashboard (Half Width)<\/p><\/div>\n

You can drag and drop the tiles around as you see fit plus you have the ability to add and remove tiles. This is a great improvement over the old dashboard which was very much a “one size fits all” solution.<\/p>\n

Of course, if you don’t like the new dashboard you can revert back for a limited time by doing the following:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Click on the cog icon in the top-right corner of the screen,<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Click\u00a0Normal Dashboard<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    As you might tell, I like the new interface very much so I’ll be using this from now on but it will eventually because the interface for all Fitbit users in the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    A while back I wrote about how Fitbit developed a Metro app for Windows 8\/RT which, in my opinion, did a fantastic job of aligning with the design language whilst still retaining the Fitbit identity. I think it is a great way to check my Fitbit stats without having to fire up and login to … <\/p>\n

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