As part of an ongoing push to engage more developers to support the Windows Home Server platform, Microsoft today published a 17 page document acting as a guideline for the creation and integration of add-ins for the operating system.
The document provides high level advice to developers on maintaining Windows Home Server’s strong user experience, through careful consideration of the following design recommendations:
- Software solutions should work without additional configuration.
- Issues should resolve automatically.
- The console is not a general-purpose desktop.
- Software must be installed through the Add-In page in Windows Home Server Settings
- Console tabs should be used only when appropriate.
- Console tabs should be limited.
- Application configuration must be conducted through a Windows Home Server Settings page.
- Notifications should be used sparingly.
- The colour blue must be used *lots* (OK, I made that one up)
There’s lots more detail on these topics in the document, which is essential reading for all community and other developers out there thinking of writing add-ins for Windows Home Server.
Download: microsoft.com
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