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Microsoft picks 'Windows 8 Store apps' as replacement for 'Metro' |
October 31, 2012
Microsoft today made it official, saying that the replacement for the now-dead-and-buried "Metro" brand for apps on Windows is "Windows 8 Store."
In a session at the company's BUILD developer's conference, Will Tschumy, a principal user experience advisor, confirmed that the nomenclature "Windows 8 Store app" was Microsoft's preferred label for the tile-based, touch-first programs it's betting will fuel the success of Windows RT, and to a lesser extent, Windows 8.
"What we're now calling the applications is 'Windows 8 Store applications,'" Tschumy said when asked how developers were supposed to think of what once had been pegged as "Metro."
Tschumy conducted a session dubbed "The Principles of Microsoft Design," which was one of several that Microsoft posted on its Channel 9 website throughout the day.
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Link: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9233098/Microsoft_goes_with_Windows_8_Store_apps_as_replacement_for_Metro_
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