Good news: In Windows 9, it does indeed look like Desktop users won't be thrust back into the full-screen Metro interface ... and some icons have been reworked so that they're two-dimensional ...

Metro-style icons finally coming to the desktop Microsoft also appears to be readying new icons for File Explorer, Desktop, and other elements in Windows 9, a change that appears to flatten the UI ...

Microsoft has just been sued by a heretofore little-known operating system technology firm, SurfCast for its use of tiles in Windows 8's Microsoft Design Language interface, a.k.a. Metro.

Microsoft announced today that it's the first Office app coming to the Metro interface on both Windows 8 and Windows ... you tap on your notes you see an icon that launches the new radial menu ...

Want to run the Metro ... Metro in Windows 8. The simplest way is to press the Windows Key + Q to access the Search charm. Type in Control Panel, and then click on the Control Panel icon when ...