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Better story than the blogspam linked: http://www.zdnet.com/is-metro-now-a-banned-word-at-microsoft-7000002052/ http://www.zdnet.com/is-metro-now-a-banned-word

Better story than the blogspam linked: http://www.zdnet.com/is-metro-now-a-banned-word-at-microsoft-7000002052/ 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/images/mtwindows8_screen.png 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.

isani 14y ago
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.
- aggronn 14y ago
  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.
mtgx 14y ago
WinRT can already get confused with "Windows RT". You certainly can't confuse Microsoft with a company that's good at naming things.