Microsoft drops 'Metro' name for Windows 8

Or in reference to that iPad naming silliness of Apple .. 'the new Windows'! :D
 
Maybe "orteM", in keeping with the direction it is taking them in ??
 
Wonder why it took so long for this to happen? We've known about Metro for a very long time, why is it suddenly a problem right before release?

They should call it Frames or something.
 
Mr.CookieMonster said:
Why they changed the name, I dont know. Fact remains that their "Windows 8 style" UI is crap.
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You're right: it's another thing you don't know.

This is not a mystery for those of us who keep up with developments.

Win8 is great. Fast. Stable. Clean. Many subtle and nifty enhancements. I'd hate to go back to Win7 - it feels quite antique and cluttered compared to Win8.
 
I guess time will tell. My prediction is that it will be as short lived as Vista.
 
Arthur said:
You're right: it's another thing you don't know.

This is not a mystery for those of us who keep up with developments.

Win8 is great. Fast. Stable. Clean. Many subtle and nifty enhancements. I'd hate to go back to Win7 - it feels quite antique and cluttered compared to Win8.
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When I used Windows 8 (Consumer Preview), it was slow, it took longer than Windows 7 to boot up. Metro I felt was built for the tablet.
 
Mr.CookieMonster said:
When I used Windows 8 (Consumer Preview), it was slow, it took longer than Windows 7 to boot up. Metro I felt was built for the tablet.
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Your PC sucks. You must be the only person that thinks Win8 is slower than 7.
 
I hate the tiles but it does run faster than Windows 7. Boot speed is amazing and overall performance of Explorer is much more snappier. Even the Media Center addon runs smooth.
 
vinodh said:
I hate the tiles but it does run faster than Windows 7. Boot speed is amazing and overall performance of Explorer is much more snappier. Even the Media Center addon runs smooth.
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Sounds like I'm the only person that like the tiles :p

Gonna wait till it gets here before I buy my new rig. But it better not be delayed :(
 
You'd think these idiots would have checked their trademarks beforehand. Microsoft get more moronic every year LOL.
 
rwenzori said:
You'd think these idiots would have checked their trademarks beforehand. Microsoft get more moronic every year LOL.
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Er, get the facts before venting. When you actually get the facts you'll see it's the media that should get your moniker.

Metro is not and has never been an official Microsoft name let alone trademark ... and MS is simply telling employees to stop using it.

This is a big hoopla made up by the Press. They are the real morons.
 
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The whole story first came from Paul Thurrott:

First, the fury: As we exclusively revealed on the Windows Weekly podcast on Thursday, Microsoft is circulating a memo internally, telling its employees they can no longer use the term “Metro” for unspecified “legal reasons.”

Metro, in case you’ve been living under a rock, is the design language Microsoft developed first for the Zune HD and then formalized for Windows Phone. It’s the basis for the new experiences and apps in Windows 8 as well, though it’s important for this discussion that you remember that Windows 8 is not the first or only time Microsoft has used Metro-type interfaces. (This design language is all over the Xbox 360 Dashboard, Office 2013, Outlook.com, and even Microsoft’s web site, among other products and services.)

Windows 8, of course, is an odd beast. It has two operating environments, the traditional desktop, with its Win32-based applications and services, and the new “Metro” environment, with its new Metro-style apps and experiences. I put Metro in quotes there because this is what I call this environment: Microsoft refuses to call it anything, and after pressing for several long and difficult minutes during a briefing earlier this year, one of the architects behind it finally told me, exasperated, “It’s just Windows. It’s nothing else. Just Windows.”

Microsoft’s inability to name this and other experiences in Windows 8 has been a problem for me here on the SuperSite and for Raphael Rivera and me in our new book, “Windows 8 Secrets.” So we’ve taken the stance that we’re going to name those things that Microsoft will not. So Metro it is. Windows 8 has two user experiences: Metro and the desktop.

Except, of course, that Microsoft is now not allowing anyone in the company to use the term Metro. Ignoring for a moment the details of why this is so—rumors are rampant, but frankly, I don’t really care—an internal Microsoft memo has directed employees to use the term Windows 8 apps as a replacement for Metro apps (or “Metro-style” apps). And the Metro UI is now referred to as the Windows 8 UI, or “other appropriate terminology.”
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Microsoft is currently working out what to call the interface and said the new name would be announced soon.
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I call it "crap" and Microsoft has my permission to call it "Crap" without the risk of trademark or copyright or patent infringements.

At the very least this will mean that all references to "Metro style application" on MSDN will hopefully be deleted.
 
Arthur said:
Er, get the facts before venting. When you actually get the facts you'll see it's the media that should get your moniker.

Metro is not and has never been an official Microsoft name let alone trademark ... and MS is simply telling employees to stop using it.

This is a big hoopla made up by the Press. They are the real morons.
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LOL Arthur - your fanboism plumbs new depths. In fact you're just being stupid. The quickest of Google searches brings up "Metro" used all over the effing place on MS sites. Howzabout how to whack out a quick Metro app.

Even one from Sinofsky, unless he has already been fired LOL!

Now, don't try to hide behind the possibility stupid MS didn't register it as a trademark, or try to - you can't go around using other people's trademarks.
 
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