In its latest blog post, Microsoft stands by its new Metro Start screen but is now promising a few changes to resolve specific concerns. Lance Whitney is a freelance technology writer and trainer and ...

Microsoft's failed Windows Phone brought us one of the most beautiful and innovative user interfaces ever. Metro, with its tile-based vertically-scrolling UI, felt alive and novel. And it was. But it ...

Before you get too excited: No, the Start Screen is still there -- but due to a trademark claim by Metro AG, a massive Eurasian retail chain, Microsoft can no longer call it the Metro Start Screen, ...

Whatever the reason, “Metro” is out, and Microsoft is temporarily referring to the colorful, tiled interface of the impending flagship operating system as “Windows 8 Style UI”. That lacks flare, ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Windows 8 debuted in 2012, introducing desktop users to the blocky Metro design language that had ...

Microsoft no doubt knew it was going to have to face a lot of flak over its new operating system. And here's some more. Brooke Crothers writes about mobile computer systems, including laptops, tablets ...

Well, thanks to Stardock's ModernMix, you now can! With ModernMix installed, you can run Metro (Modern, Windows 8-style UI) apps on the Windows 8 Desktop. With ModernMix, Metro apps essentially behave ...