I'm still not quite sure what to think about Windows 8 and the new Metro-style apps. My first (and somewhat lasting) reaction was that I didn't like the design,

I'm still not quite sure what to think about Windows 8 and the new Metro-style apps. My first (and somewhat lasting) reaction was that I didn't like the design, but I wasn't sure if it was because it was actually bad or if it was just new. I think part of it is that the Metro style apps seem heavily slanted toward consumer/social apps, designed with a tablet in mind first. Utility/business apps don't seem to fit the Metro style as well, and now that I've seen some examples of such apps built with Metro, I feel inclined to hold off on porting my Mac app to it. I hope I'm wrong, but it feels like in some ways, Microsoft is making the opposite (but similar) mistake they made with tablets in the past - this time, they are forcing a tablet paradigm onto the desktop.