Saturday, August 11, 2012

Microsoft’s New Name for Metro: ‘Windows 8’

Microsoft’s New Name for Metro: ‘Windows 8’:
Mary Jo Foley:


Here’s the official guidance, my sources say: Anything
currently/formerly known as a “Metro-Style application” (with or
without a hyphen) will now be known officially as a “Windows 8
application.” References to the “Metro user interface” will now be
replaced by “Windows 8 user interface.” And instead of saying
“Metro design,” the Softies and those adhering to their official
guidelines will be using the words “Windows 8 design.”


Among numerous other problems posed by this change, how’s this going to work when Windows 9 ships?

Update: The Verge reports that Microsoft may instead refer to Metro-style UI as “Modern UI”. That’s better, but a little generic, to say the least.



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