Windows 8–Style Apps (Don’t Call It Metro)
The Start screen can list icons for standard Windows applications, such as Microsoft Word and the old familiar Notepad, favorite folders, and new Windows 8–style apps, which are full-screen applications that have a simplified, clean graphical user interface without the traditional menu or window title bar. This new graphical style was called “Metro” during Windows 8’s development, but Microsoft has now named it “Windows 8.” In this book, when we refer to “Windows 8 style,” we’re referring to this new full-screen graphical look and the apps that use it.
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