Ever since news broke last week that Microsoft was abandoning the “Metro” name for the design and aesthetic of the Windows 8 and Windows Phone user interfaces, the question has been, “what will ...

Microsoft employees have started to use ‘Modern UI Style’ to refer to the Windows 8 ‘Metro style’ user interface. Microsoft employees have started to use ‘Modern UI Style’ to refer to the Windows 8 ...

Microsoft will use “Windows 8” or “Modern” as replacements for the now-discarded “Metro” label to describe apps and their environment in the upcoming operating system, according to reports yesterday ...

Windows 8’s modern interface didn’t go over so well out of the gate. While there was a lot to like among all the Live Tiles and touch friendliness, usability experts panned many of the operating ...

Microsoft’s modern UI might be pretty to look at, but when most of us want to get some work done, the traditional desktop is really the best choice. But what if you have a touchscreen device where it ...

In what looks to be an official renaming of the Windows 8 'Metro' user interface, Microsoft has begun to replace its official documentation with the term 'Modern UI'. The changes have appeared in ...

Microsoft's phone and tablet market shares remain stuck in single digits, which suggests Windows 8's difficulties go beyond the mishmash of Metro and Desktop UIs Two weeks ago InfoWorld debuted ...

Ever since we heard the first rumors about Microsoft dropping the “Metro” moniker for its new touch interface and its app, there has been a lot of confusion about what the new interface should be ...

Is this the last time I can use this image? Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) plans boot-to-desktop as default, mutter deep-throats. It’s said that Windows 8.1 Update 1 will skip the Metro (aka Modern) Start ...

Mozilla is looking to launch Firefox on Windows 8 with a Modern UI (Metro to you and I). Think of Internet Explorer, but a browser made by Mozilla and you get the idea. If you're a huge fan of the ...

The Windows Threshold updates, which may or may not be dubbed Windows 9, will usher in a shakeup to how Modern UI ("Metro") will be used by the operating system. Clear lines will be drawn between the ...