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[contextfree]

Metro = a design aesthetic / philosophy used in Windows Phone, Windows 8, etc.

Metro style apps = a new kind of plugin for explorer.exe in Windows 8

Start screen = the screen with the tiles (you can tell it is the Start screen because it says "Start" in big letters in the upper left)

[Simon-]

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[KomaWeiß]

Metro should've stayed on the phone and not the desktop.

[siah1214]

KomaWeiß, on 27 May 2012 - 09:05, said:

Metro should've stayed on the phone and not the desktop.

Thank you for your helpful contribution.

[Wakers]

KomaWeiß, on 27 May 2012 - 09:05, said:

Metro should've stayed on the phone and not the desktop.

And you should still be using Windows XP, by the sound of it.

There is 0 mechanical difference in pressing the Win key and launching a program in 7 and 8. It just looks different.

[+Brandon Live]

KomaWeiß, on 27 May 2012 - 09:05, said:

Metro should've stayed on the phone and not the desktop.

I don't quite follow. Metro style originated on the desktop (with the Zune app).

[DaveLegg]

Brandon Live, on 29 May 2012 - 16:41, said:

I don't quite follow. Metro style originated on the desktop (with the Zune app).

Dare I say Windows Media Center?

[Dashel]

I think MS brought this on themselves because really this is now Metro 2.0. The sexy, information dense 1.0 Metro-ness of Zune for example is no where to be found in the information sparse, mobility focused Metro Start/Apps.

[Detection]

I hate Metro

[simplezz]

siah1214, on 27 May 2012 - 17:27, said:

Thank you for your helpful contribution.

Well he's right. Let's face the facts here, Desktop users are going to hate the Startscreen.

[Javik]

And if I had wheels I'd be a wagon.

[Stoffel]

simplezz, on 29 May 2012 - 16:58, said:

Well he's right. Let's face the facts here, Desktop users are going to hate the Startscreen.

I spend most of my time on the desktop using Win CP at the moment, but I actually like the new start screen.

[Spyder]

Javik, on 29 May 2012 - 16:59, said:

And if I had wheels I'd be a wagon.

and then if you told bad jokes, would you be a warwagon?

oh god i just did it myself

[Javik]

Spyder, on 29 May 2012 - 17:03, said:

and then if you told bad jokes, would you be a warwagon?

oh god i just did it myself

[+Xenosion]

Spyder, on 29 May 2012 - 17:03, said:

and then if you told bad jokes, would you be a warwagon?

oh god i just did it myself

This is brilliant.