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Was Windows 8 really that bad? I gave it another shot 13 years later

I found Windows 8 installed in minutes, unlike Windows 11's lengthy, online, ad-filled install. I saw Windows 8 mash Windows 7's visuals with Metro, creating an awkward, incohesive UI. I found many ...
ExtremeTech

How to run full-screen Windows 8 Metro apps in a window on the Desktop

Well, thanks to Stardock's ModernMix, you now can! With ModernMix installed, you can run Metro (Modern, Windows 8-style UI) apps on the Windows 8 Desktop. With ModernMix, Metro apps essentially behave ...
Business Insider

How to Get Windows 8's Metro-Style Start Screen and Charms Bar on Older Versions of Windows

Last week, we showed you how to bring the classic start menu to Windows 8. Now, we're going to show you how to bring the new Metro start menu to older Windows versions! WinMetro Thanks to IObit's new ...
PC World

Windows 8 ‘Metro’ Is Dead, But UI Still Needs a Name

Whatever the reason, “Metro” is out, and Microsoft is temporarily referring to the colorful, tiled interface of the impending flagship operating system as “Windows 8 Style UI”. That lacks flare, ...

Bring a little bit of Windows 8 into Linux with shell styled after infamous tile-based interface

Block by boring block.
ExtremeTech

Microsoft kills off Metro -- but, alas, the Start Screen lives on

Before you get too excited: No, the Start Screen is still there -- but due to a trademark claim by Metro AG, a massive Eurasian retail chain, Microsoft can no longer call it the Metro Start Screen, ...