Re:Microsoft abandon Metro name due to legal challenge
by mtgx on Friday August 03, 2012 @03:10AM
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WinRT can already get confused with "Windows RT". You certainly can't confuse Microsoft with a company that's good at naming things.
Re:Microsoft abandon Metro name due to legal challenge
by isani on Friday August 03, 2012 @01:40AM
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I think this is a demotion for desktop apps. The phrase "Windows 8 style UI" implies that the colorful rectangle look is the style for Windows 8. The classic desktop environment, by implication, is not Windows 8 style.
Re:Microsoft abandon Metro name due to legal challenge
by aggronn on Friday August 03, 2012 @10:16AM
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The Metro look is supposed to be ported to the desktop experience (see: office 13, github for windows). Their intention is for normal desktop applications to adopt his theme.
The classic desktop environment is windows 8 style. Apps that are not developed for it, certainly are not Windows 8 style.
http://www.zdnet.com/is-metro-now-a-banned-word-at-microsoft...
This is actually a good move, since the Metro design philosophy was getting confused with the WinRT environment. You can make a WinRT app that's not Metro looking, and you can also make a Desktop app that's Metro (see MetroTwit http://www.metrotwit.com/wp-content/themes/MetroTwit2012/ima... ).
So the two different app types in Windows 8 will be WinRT apps and Desktop apps. Not a big fan of the 'Windows 8 style UI' terminology though, maybe they should come up with a different name to represent the design philosophy.