Metro 2.0 Not Yet Ready in Windows 9, Full Focus on the...

Reminds me of that Berlin song from the 80's... Riding on the metro.....

whs said:

I think we should get away from the name Metro. It has too many blood stains. Let's call it W9UI and hope that we will like it.

You’re correct. I usually call it Modern/Metro, but from now on I’ll call it Modern. Technically that’s the proper name.

You can bet they will continue honing the Modern. Much better system than the old dinosaur desktop way of performing things IMO. I’m hoping they port a lot more CP settings there, if not all.

I’m quite sure they’ll work out the multi-windowing of Store apps. I’m also looking forward to the Modern Office suite. I will be 95% Modern then, for that’s really the only think I have left that opens on the desktop. I’m using the Modern OneNote. I’m hardly ever in File Explorer for I use the OneDrive Store app instead.

I obtained free Store apps such as one to replace Notepad, a dictionary, calculator, etc. I also got a $50 MS account gift card when I bought my Lumia I can use towards apps and other items.

After watching the video John posted here, I can see where the desktop is being treated more like a Modern app. It just dawned on me (after helping someone the other day) that when I purchased a MS Arc mouse during 7 and installed MS Keyboard and Mouse Center that it had a Modern UI, but opens on the desktop. It's linked in the mouse properties via CP or type "mouse" in search.

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I'm beginning to see what Kerry (alphanumeric) means when he states that sooner or later with some we won't tell the difference. If I auto hide my Taskbar, I won’t be able to until I close the app out then the desktop remains. But then it’s > Hold WinKey > Tap period key > Down arrow > Release WinKey. I belong to MS CEIP and that’s my way of voting to get rid of it.

LittleJay said:

Now, now now HG. Are trying to start a riot! LOL

Perhaps

whs said:

I think we should get away from the name Metro. It has too many blood stains. Let's call it W9UI and hope that we will like it...

Actually, M$ did. They got sued over Metro for trademark infringement. The official name of the GUI is now Modern. Personally, I have other names for it but Mama told me not to use those words.

As I'm due for a new GPU I think I'll just ad third monitor (doesn't have to be a big one) just to keep Metro/Modern/Start screen on it.
The real problem with Metro/Modern/Start screen is really not it's existence but lack of proper Apps for it and the way they work. If they worked same way as desktop ones, programers for them would have more room to expand them to something useful. Another good thing for Apps would be to be able to download them without going thru the store and install them independently. The way they are presented now looks too much like what people are doing now with smart phones and hence are considering "Metro/Modern/Start screen" a "phone or tablet ONLY feature" which is false at least.
Live tiles, or something like that existed in Win7 too, they were called Gadgets than.

I kinda skipped and jumped over Vista, I was caught up with HW changes at the time and by the time I got HW up to par with Vista requirements, W7 showed up and I grabbed it eagerly. I did manage to install Vista to some surprisingly weak computer and it didn't run any slower (although it did seem a bit sluggish) but benchmarks proved that it was no slower than XP once proper drivers were devised.