Microsoft is ditching the "Metro" name for its live tiles UI in Windows 8 and Windows Phone. And it was a bit of a mystery what it was going to be called.

Microsoft may go the simple route and replace 'Metro' with 'Windows 8,' sources are saying. Mary Jo Foley She is the author of Microsoft 2.0: How Microsoft plans to stay relevant in the post-Gates ...

Microsoft has been using Metro to define a wide range of concepts in Windows 8 and Windows RT, from the underlying typographical-heavy design to the color-subdued user interface (UI) for Windows ...

For months, Microsoft has been touting a distinctive, tile-based user interface that’s front-and-center in the designs of its upcoming product releases, including Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 ...

At least that's the take from someone who claims to have worked on the design of Windows 8. Chiming in on a Reddit conversation on Friday, Jacob Miller, a self-described UX designer for Microsoft ...

With the public release of Microsoft's Windows 8 Developer Preview, we got an early look at what Redmond has in store for the future of the ubiquitous Windows platform. For an alpha test version ...

We're shipping 109 to Win 7, 8, and 8.1 (including Server 2012 R2 which is based on Win 8.1). Microsoft has a fix for CVE-2023-4863 to Microsoft Edge Stable Channel (Version 109.0.1518.140), which ...

Microsoft Edge and WebView2 Runtime (Evergreen and Fixed) version 109 are the last to support Windows 7, 8, and 8.1. Also, WebView2 SDK version 1.0.1519.0 and higher now require Windows 10 or 11.

Microsoft Edge's Windows 7, 8, 8.1 Support Ends Starting January 2023 As per the latest news story by Bleeping Computer, Microsoft has announced that its web browser will no longer support older ...

Microsoft's Chromium-based Edge browser was an improvement over the initial version of Edge in many ways, including its support for Windows 7 and Windows 8. But the end of the road is coming ...

Microsoft may go the simple route and replace 'Metro' with 'Windows 8,' my sources are saying. Written by Mary Jo Foley, Senior Contributing Editor Aug. 9, 2012 at 11:59 a.m. PT ...