As you all might have already known about the upcoming Windows from Microsoft that is Windows 8 which is due to be launched somewhere near September of this year. The next generation Windows 8 will feature a all new User Interface (UI) known as Metro UI. Present generation Windows OS including Windows 7 has an icon based UI and it remains as it is from the start of Windows 98 up till Windows 7. So this should be a common logic that we all have more love for the old UI instead of for the new Metro UI. Here is the screen shot of the new Metro UI which is drawing lot of negative criticism from tech review websites and from those who had actually tried the beta and release preview versions of Windows 8.
The thing which is drawing the maximum negative criticism for this new Metro UI is the absence of the Start Button. As you can see from the above image there will be no Start Button in Windows 8 and all those small icons will also be absent. The Start Menu in Windows 8 can be accessed by clicking the new Start Button on the top-left area as you can see in the attached photo.
Metro UI is a tile based design adapted by Microsoft from their Windows Phone 7 OS. it is based in Microsoft’s own Metro Design Language. The roots of this Metro design lies in the mobile version of the Windows OS and due to this Windows 8 will be the first Windows OS that will run on both PC ( Personal Computer ) and Tablets based computers. Windows 8 will be the first Windows OS that will be compatible with ARM architecture along with X86/X64.
Each tile in the new Metro UI will be an application which can be opened with a single click. The tile interface usually show you the status of the events. For e.g. the Metro email app will display number of unread messages and etc. information on the tile interface. Metro apps will be available for download only from Windows Store and these app will be written in C++, JavaScript, HTML 5 and C#.
There are application or tools available on Internet that can remove the new Metro UI and get your old and beloved Start Button back to its original place but these tools are still unreliable and can damage your OS. Also the most important innovation in Windows 8 is Metro UI and if that one is removed than what is the use of getting this new Windows OS. I would suggest you stick with Windows 7 OS than.
Whether you like the new Metro UI or not but analyst say that Windows 8 will capture some serious tablet market after its launch .