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Re:Microsoft abandon Metro name due to legal challenge by isani on Friday August 03, 2012 @01:40AM (#4332740)
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.
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Re:Microsoft abandon Metro name due to legal challenge by aggronn on Friday August 03, 2012 @10:16AM (#4334097)
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.

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