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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Let's take a look first at the Windows 8 Store. The Windows 8 Store is where consumers will buy Metro apps for the new operating system. Metro is designed first for tablet and touch ...

As this screen shows, it really is possible for the two Windows 8 personalities—desktop and Metro—to live peacefully side by side: I've been using Windows 8 on a smattering of test PCs ...

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 ...

By default, Windows 8 runs traditional Windows apps on the desktop, and Windows Store (formerly “Metro UI”) apps in full-screen mode from the new start screen. After installing ModernMix ...

I've been running the Windows 8 Consumer Preview for a few months and although I'm okay with Metro replacing the Start Menu, I hate seeing the new interface by default every time I reboot.

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 ...

Update: The guide below was written for Windows 8 Developer Preview and will not work with the Windows 8 Consumer Preview released on February 29th, 2012. But you can still enable Metro style apps ...