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New Windows 8 Logo Highlights Metro, Draws Criticism
Microsoft’s recent unveiling of the new logo for Windows 8 has drawn some criticism from reviewers upset to see such a sharp break from the flag we’ve been used to all these years. It certainly does...
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Windows 8 Keyboard & Mouse: Poorly Documented, But Powerful
There’s no denying that Windows 8 makes huge concessions to the touch screen interface in the form of the Metro UI style. This is, for the most part, the biggest hurdle to adoption for many potential...
View ArticleFirefox for Windows 8 Metro Confirmed, More to Follow
At the moment, users will have no problem installing alternative web browsers such as Chrome or Firefox to the desktop environment of Windows 8. The Metro UI, on the other hand, currently offers...
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Microsoft Looking For More Language Support In Windows 8
Windows 8 already does a fairly good job of allowing for development using a number of programming languages. That is one of the biggest advantages it brings for developers, and will definitely do a...
View ArticleSome Issues in the Windows 8 Mail App Philosophy
In a recent post on the “Building Windows 8” blog, a great deal of effort went into explaining the ideas behind their implementation of the Metro mail app that was included in the Windows 8 Release...
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Microsoft Takes “Metro” Out of Windows 8
Seemingly out of nowhere, Microsoft has decided that they will be removing all references to “Metro” from the final release of Windows 8. Don’t get your hopes up Windows 8 naysayers, all they are...
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‘Firefox Metro Preview’ Shows Promise Among The Bugs
Given all the press surrounding Windows 8’s preliminary browser wars, Mozilla seems to be lagging slightly in getting their program ready for release. Windows 8-optimized Chrome has been available for...
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Google Expands Windows 8 Presence With Search App
While Google might be one of the big competitors that Microsoft is coming up against with the release of Windows 8, that hasn’t stopped the search giant from trying to keep services available to users...
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Live Tiles Lawsuit Causes Microsoft Problems
The Windows 8 interface, formerly known as Metro, relies heavily on the new Live Tiles that can be found on the Start screen. There is nothing quite so obviously revolutionary about Windows 8 as the...
View ArticleDoes Sinofsky’s Exit Signal a Return to Start Menu in Windows 8?
As we spoke about in a recent post, Steven Sinofsky is no longer a part of Microsoft. The rumors surrounding this leadership change have been plentiful, but in the end it isn’t what happened that is...
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