Why is it that some apps cannot have a big start menu tile?


  1. elTopo
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    Why is it that some apps cannot have a big start menu tile?


    Why is it that some programs (like Edge, which I don't use), can have a bigger tile, on the start menu, and others (like Firefox, which I use) don't?

    thnx
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  3. logicearth
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    It can have a bigger title because it is a Metro App.
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  4. elTopo
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    ( Googled but still not sure what a Metro App is and why it would be undoable to have a bigger FireFox tile... )
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  6. PJLLB
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    elTopo said:
    ( Googled but still not sure what a Metro App is and why it would be undoable to have a bigger FireFox tile... )
    The apps available from the Store were once referred to as "Metro" apps, a term related to the interface introduced with Windows 8.
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  7. elTopo
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    thanks for the info..

    ( still don't see why the bloody firefox tile cannot be twice as big, but I'm starting to give up on reason... )
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