Over the last two weeks, the Windows 8 Consumer Preview has been dissected by the technology press at large, and the general consensus about the new Metro start screen UI has been one of befuddlement.

As everybody knows, the most striking thing about Windows 8 is its Metro interface–those brightly colored tiles that serve as both shortcuts to programs and live widgets reporting data from ...

Microsoft's ill-fated Windows 8 operating system was well ahead of its time, and Windows 11 could learn a thing or two about ...

The Metro UI of Windows Phone 7 and Windows 8 are actually well-suited to tablets and phones. I'm not the only one here at ZDnet that thinks the Metro UI is unsuited for a non-touchscreen desktop ...

Windows 8's new Metro UI is designed for tablets, but you'll get it on every Windows 8 PC. Five days into using Windows 8 nonstop, I've made up my mind: despite Microsoft's efforts, Metro really ...

With Windows 8, Microsoft has dumped the classic taskbar and the familiar Start Button and Start Menu of previous Windows iterations, in favour of the touchscreen Metro UI. Many Windows users ...

To complete the transformation and make Windows 8.1 work more like the upcoming update from Microsoft, you need a way to get your Metro apps out of isolation in the modern interface and running in ...

A fresh face for PCs I’m a big fan of Windows 8. The Metro UI is a breath of fresh air, and the Consumer Preview has given Microsoft an excellent opportunity to make headway in changing ...

Let’s hear it for intuitive. Now comes word that Microsoft will improve mouse support for the Metro interface in the forthcoming Windows 8 beta, apparently dubbed the “Windows 8 Consumer ...

This asymmetry will add to the differentiation between Windows 8’s two modes, with the old and familiar desktop style increasingly looking like the “pro” version and the Metro interface ...

One of the more annoying behaviors in Windows 8 and 8.1 is that all of your files are set to open in native Metro-style apps. For instance, if you're working on the desktop and view a picture or ...

check out my blog post “How to run the Metro version of Google Chrome in Windows 8.”) The Metro version of Chrome doesn’t really follow guidelines for typical Metro apps. For example ...