The sheer audacity of Windows 8 was enough to set it apart. It was startling, the kind of uncompromising upheaval you almost never see from a frontrunner. Despite obvious missteps — big, idiotic, self-inflicted ones, more often than not — it always gave the sense that it was just wrong-footed, correctable stuff, never cause for a total retreat. Except, if recentreports are to be believed, that's just what Microsoft seems to be doing. Retreating. And we really hope it doesn’t. Read More >>
Featured comment by Silverbull999:
"Ok, I'm not really tied to any particular os, having android on my phone, osx the mbp and w8 on my new desktop... I really like w8! Metro works fantas..." More »
Hooray, the Microsoft Surface just got slightly more useful. A Dropbox app for Windows 8's Metro modern UI is finally available. If you've got true Win 8 on your machine, I'm guessing you've already got the x86 Windows Dropbox app, but now you can have two. Awesome? [Windows Store] Read More >>
Featured comment by rawker:
"Surfcast patent reads more like they tried to retroactively patent a grid of html iframes! It's certainly full of html and talking about showing port..." More »
Microsoft's reeling from what's probably the worst brandingdisasters in recent memory. It's still trying run a mile from "Metro" and is currently trying to get you to use the super-clunky "Windows Store" apps instead. Mind you, it's also musing over "Modern" as a replacement for Metro, which is both horrendous, and not confusing in the slightest. [The Register] Read More >>
Featured comment by toonarmy:
"Just aswell they changed the name. Metro was a terrible idea.
In my area, the Metro is a chav-infested light rail public transport system.
But I..." More »
If you're afraid of, or just annoyed by, the concept of Windows 8's Metro (well formerly Metro, but whatever) UI style, there's a handy way around it. RetroUI is a program that will take users directly to the Classic desktop after login, and even lock Metro away completely. Read More >>
Featured comment by matthew:
"Thanks for this list, good to see a straight to the point list instead of reading all the crap between the new features!
I did have the developer..." More »
Microsoft really is serious about getting us all to call "Metro" something like “Modern UI Style” from now on, with new advice telling app makers their titles won't gain approval for release if they have the word metro in their names. Read More >>
Don't like Windows 8's new, currently-unnamed, obviously-tablet leaning interface? Too bad. Microsoft is apparently going to make you love it, and step one of the process is forcing you to boot into it, claims ZDnet. Read More >>
Featured comment by FRISH:
"Because if you don't want to us metro which is understandable for a desktop. It'll be annoying to do it every single time you boot. Basically it's a s..." More »
Taking a cue out of the playbooks of famous name-changers like Ron Artest, Cat Stevens, and Prince, Microsoft isn't calling its UI design Metro anymore. Although that's the official title MS has been using for years, it's reportedly making the shift due to legal reasons—ever heard of a German company called Metro? Neither have we. But apparently they have lawyers! Read More >>
Well this is going to be weird. After calling Microsoft's radically wonderful UI design "Metro" for a couple of years now, The Verge says Microsoft is ditching the name for legal reasons. So now what the hell do we say? Read More >>
Featured comment by P4PERTR4iL:
"no it's just ugly & waste of space, i don't think it's easier at all, sqaures & rectangles looks like some child designed it, looks abit like..." More »
WinUnleaked has some new leaked screenshots from Microsoft's Windows 8 RTM (Release to Manufacturers) build that show how the new OS will look. From the look of them, Microsoft is making an effort to make Metro work as a unifying design across all of Windows 8. Read More >>
That fancy new Windows Phone 8 start screen certainly looks awesome. So awesome in fact that iPhone users might feel a wee twinge of jealousy looking at it. No matter though -- someone's ported all that Metro goodness from Windows 8-proper to the iPhone and you can grab it right now. Read More >>
Featured comment by flynndean:
"See...it's not terrible...but he's GOT to be taking the piss. The frequency of his voice is all over the place and he keeps speeding up and slowing do..." More »
Windows Phone has a great premise — a set of beautiful, minimalist tiles take the place of a million apps. It's brilliant in its simplicity. But it needs to get its shit together. Today, we could get a first look at Windows Phone version 8. Here's what it needs to deliver. Read More >>
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