As mentioned in the article, a browser has to be the default browser to be able to be a metro app due to the restrictions Microsoft puts on them. I haven't upda

As mentioned in the article, a browser has to be the default browser to be able to be a metro app due to the restrictions Microsoft puts on them. I haven't updated to Windows 8 yet, but at least according to the help article[1], the Chrome installer asks if you want it to be your default browser. That might be something they added more recently, though. HighDPI is coming[2] [1] https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95346?hl=en&ref_topic=14660 https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95346?hl=en&ref_top... [2] https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=160457 https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=160457