{"id":5214,"date":"2011-12-07T10:04:01","date_gmt":"2011-12-07T09:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/5214-not-allowed-in-windows-8-metro-porn-ads-in-live-tiles-bugs-or-opt-out-data-collection.html"},"modified":"2011-12-07T10:04:01","modified_gmt":"2011-12-07T09:04:01","slug":"not-allowed-in-windows-8-metro-porn-ads-in-live-tiles-bugs-or-opt-out-data-collection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/5214-not-allowed-in-windows-8-metro-porn-ads-in-live-tiles-bugs-or-opt-out-data-collection.html","title":{"rendered":"Not allowed in Windows 8 Metro: porn, ads in live tiles, bugs, or opt-out data collection"},"content":{"rendered":"

Microsoft\u2019s newly published Certification Requirements<\/a> for the forthcoming Windows 8 store includes some notable points. Here are a few that caught my eye.<\/p>\n

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<\/a>2.3 Your app must not use tiles or notifications for ads<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

No complaints about that one.<\/p>\n

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<\/a>3.2 Your app must not stop responding, end unexpectedly, or contain programming errors<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Hmm, this could be a tough one.<\/p>\n

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<\/a>3.3 Your app must provide the same user experience on all processor types<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

OK, no \u201cIntel-only\u201d features. However you could by implication submit an \u201cIntel-only\u201d version of your app as long as it is called something different than than the ARM version.<\/p>\n

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<\/a>3.7 Your app must not use an interaction gesture in a way that is different from how Windows uses the gesture<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

This is interesting as an example of enforcing application style guidelines. The intent is a consistent user experience, but is this heavy-handed?<\/p>\n

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<\/a>4.1 Your app must obtain opt-in or equivalent consent to publish personal information<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

No stealthy personal data collection. A good thing; though if opt-in means \u201cHand over your data or you cannot run the app\u201d it can still be difficult for users to avoid.<\/p>\n

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<\/a>4.4 Your app must not be designed or marketed to perform, instruct, or encourage tasks that could cause physical harm to a customer or any other person<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

What a relief!<\/p>\n

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<\/a>5.1 Your app must not contain adult content<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Windows Metro a porn-free zone? This could be troublesome though. No games beyond PEGI 16? This is a preliminary document and it would not surprise me if there is some change here; maybe this is a restriction for the beta period only.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Microsoft\u2019s newly published Certification Requirements for the forthcoming Windows 8 store includes some notable points. Here are a few that caught my eye. 2.3 Your app must not use tiles or notifications for ads No complaints about that one. 3.2 Your app must not stop responding, end unexpectedly, or contain programming errors Hmm, this could … Continue reading Not allowed in Windows 8 Metro: porn, ads in live tiles, bugs, or opt-out data collection<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55,80],"tags":[849,999,1021],"class_list":["post-5214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-microsoft","category-software-development","tag-software-development","tag-windows-8","tag-windows-store"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5214\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}