metro ui

  1. Windows 8 Custom metro tiles or icons for standard windows applications?

    Link Removed How does one go about making a metro style tile or icon for applications? As things stand right now the Metro UI looks like an absolute ghetto mess as soon as you get any number of standard applications installed. There is a handful of nice looking tiles, and then a vast number...
  2. D

    Windows 8 Metro UI Invisible

    Have just installed Windows 8 developer preview (64 bit) on my laptop. For some reason the metro UI (block interface) is completely invisible - I can launch apps by clicking on the seemingly empty screen. I can search for apps by typing just fine, but the main block interface just won't...
  3. H

    Windows 8 What is Windows 8 ...?

    On this site I found a hack to turn off the Metro UI and once that is done what is left is Windows 7. Is that all Windows 8 is? With the Tiles running as a application? Also, once the Metro UI is turned off where do you find all of the same apps that appear on it?
  4. Windows 8 How to Disable Metro UI on Windows 8

    How to Disable Metro UI on Windows 8 Link Removed To disable Metro UI there are two methods: Method 1: C:\Windows\System32\shsxs.dll to shsxs.old Method 2: Using the registry method go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer and modify RPEnabled to 0...
  5. VIDEO Windows 8 Developer Preview Review

    Short version: It sucks. Let's hope it gets better. Fast. Long version: The first official public iteration of Microsoft Windows 8 leaves much to offer. The nagging Smart Screen UI (MetroUI) was added for developers at the BUILD conference running in Anaheim, CA right now. The build lacks...
  6. Windows 8 Microsoft Releases Windows 8 Developer Preview

    Microsoft has launched a developer preview of Microsoft Windows 8 to the general public. The location can be found here: Link Removed The information contains an assortment of details about the operating system, including the core OS itself, as well as the Metro UI. While unofficial leaks have...
  7. M

    Windows 8 Windows 8 Public Developer Preview Confirmed... For Later Today!

    Today at Microsoft BUILD, Microsoft confirmed that the developer bits of Windows 8 will be available for download starting at 8 PM AST (this translates into 12 am Atlantic, 11 PM eastern time and 4 am british). It includes demonstration/developmental apps and a fully featured metro UI. Taken...
  8. M

    VIDEO Xbox 360 Fall 2011 Dashboard Update Previewed

    Following the foot steps of Windows Phone and Windows 8, the 2011 fall update for the Xbox 360 dashboard has been previewed again. Originally shown at E3, many were confused by the new system. Since then, Microsoft has worked fruitlessly on improving the navigation and other things on the new...
  9. Windows 8 Tiles For Windows 7

    Link Removed - Invalid URL
  10. Zetro Brings Windows 8

    Windows: Microsoft’s Metro UI, which graces both Windows 8 and Windows Phone, is pretty snazzy, and if you’re sick of the Aero look, you can bring the Metro UI to Windows 7 with the Zetro theme. (more…) Source: Yahoo! News
  11. Zetro Brings Windows 8's Metro-Style Interface to Windows 7 [Downloads]

    # downloads Windows: Microsoft's Metro UI, which graces both Windows 8 and Windows Phone, is pretty snazzy, and if you're sick of the Aero look, you can bring the Metro UI to Windows 7 with the Zetro theme. More*» Source: Yahoo! News
  12. Zetro Brings Windows 8's Metro-Style Interface to Windows 7 [Downloads]

    # downloads Windows: Microsoft's Metro UI, which graces both Windows 8 and Windows Phone, is pretty snazzy, and if you're sick of the Aero look, you can bring the Metro UI to Windows 7 with the Zetro theme. More » More...
  13. New Windows 8 Screenshots Leak

    It was only a matter of time until some began posting screenshots of the recently leaked build of Windows 8. You can see them [URL=http://windows8news.com/2011/06/21/windows-8-build-7989-screenshots-metro-ui/here[/URL] Read Full Story: Link Removed
  14. Develop Windows 8/Metro Style Applications Today with Metro Dynamis

    Metro Dynamis is an early alpha release library based on JQuery for designers and developers wishing to build HTML5/CSS/JavaScript websites in a style similar to the Metro UI used by Windows Phone 7 and Windows 8 . You can get an early look at it by signing up for the newsletter. Meanwhile, some...
  15. Windows 8 Preview to bring 4 major factors to mobile device industry, says Digitimes

    Microsoft's display, at Computex 2011, of the touch controls of Windows 8 using the company's technologies from Windows Phone 7's Metro UI. Digitimes Research believes Microsoft using such technology and concepts to develop Windows 8 will have four major factors that could affect the mobile...
  16. Microsoft shows off Windows 8, looks like Windows Phone on steroids

    Microsoft showed a bit of their latest operating system at Computex 2011 in Taipei. Windows 8, which is just a codename and not really what the final version will be called, will remind of you the Zune UI which later became the Metro UI on Windows Phone 7 translated on a bigger screen. Icons are...
  17. VIDEO Microsoft Demos Windows 8, New Interface

    Microsoft Demos Windows 8, New Interface By Thom Holwerda on 2011-06-02 00:39:27 It's 2am here (edit: I'm done writing, it's 2:38am now), and I really ought to be sleeping right about now, but for some stupid arbitrary reason, the D9 conference is held at honestly irresponsible hours for...
  18. Windows 8 Metro UI settings caught on video

    Over the past several weeks, videos and screenshots of preview and developer builds of Windows 8 have leaked all over the Web. The most recent video to make an appearance shows us the system settings for Metro UI, or the interface elements that most users will recognize from Windows Phone 7...
  19. New Leak of Windows 8; New Videos of Metro UI

    Check out the unlock pattern screen and the webcam interface! Source: Yahoo! News
  20. Leaked Video Shows Windows 8 Metro UI Login

    It's the creepy wallpaper again! Source: Yahoo! News