There’s considerably more to Windows 8 than an aesthetic overhaul. Metro’s modern approach to ... just start typing–the search dialog box has been around for a long time, but getting where ...

Microsoft has been using the "Metro" name to describe the new geometric, typography-heavy look-and-feel that is central to Windows 8—and is spreading ... from industry dialog to a broad consumer ...

As everybody knows, the most striking thing about Windows 8 is its Metro interface–those brightly colored tiles that serve as both shortcuts to programs and live widgets reporting data from ...

Today's entry is all about the Metro-ness of Windows 8 is authored by Matthew Baxter-Reynolds. Introduced by Microsoft as a key element of Microsoft Windows Phone strategy, Metro is now being ...

Mozilla and Google recently announced they're working on Metro versions of Firefox and Chrome for Windows 8, which are not just ... a 'which browser do you want' dialog when you open Web pages ...

The swift change comes as rumours swirl that German retail giant Metro AG ... consumer dialog we will use our commercial names." The change has ramifications beyond Windows 8, which is due out ...

The tiled, touch-centric Metro interface is an integral part of Windows 8. So integral that Windows defaults to Metro on start up. Should this change? Brooke Crothers writes about mobile computer ...

This asymmetry will add to the differentiation between Windows 8’s two modes, with the old and familiar desktop style increasingly looking like the “pro” version and the Metro interface ...

A purported UX designer for Microsoft reveals why the "love it or hate it" Metro environment is the default in Windows 8. Lance Whitney Contributing Writer Lance Whitney is a freelance technology ...

One of the more annoying behaviors in Windows 8 and 8.1 is that all of your files are set to open in native Metro-style apps. For instance, if you're working on the desktop and view a picture or ...

Mozilla has been working on the Windows 8 Metro version of its Firefox web browser for a few months now. This week, Mozilla's Madhava Enros posted up an online slide presentation from a recent ...