Why Metro design should make a grand return
Metro UI wasn’t just a design language. It was a declaration. It respected motion, space, clarity, and user autonomy. It gave us live tiles that pulsed with relevance, panoramic pivots that guided flow, semantic zoom that revealed structure, and full-screen hubs that anchored experience. It was unapologetically modern, minimal, and meaningful. Then came the drift. Fluent UI buried Metro under acrylic, chrome, and overlays. It softened the edges, blurred the motion, and diluted the clarity. What was once a bold interface became ornamental. Metro was never about decoration—it was about discipline. Im still using Metro UI in my projects, not because I need too, because i like how it looks, but you created fluent design, that ruined it all. Microsoft, you knew Metro was good. You launched it with pride. You made it the face of Windows Phone, Zune, Xbox, and Windows 8. You called it “authentically digital.” You were right. So stop burying it. Stop apologizing for it. Stop pretending Fluent is a replacement. It’s not. Bring back Metro UI: As a first-class design option With full support for live tiles, semantic zoom, and panoramic navigation Without overlays, blur, or ornamental drift Not as nostalgia. As correction. Metro was clarity. Metro was discipline. Metro was good. Let it speak again.Mica issues again (title bar + context menus)
Weird bug again - in both Stable/Dev the title bar mica effects are not working, but the dropdown & context menu (three dot settings) is. In Canary, the title bar mica effect *is* working, but the dropdown/context menu is not (solid white). I reported via feedback as well. Canary: Dev/Stable:Unable to reset my PC
Hi Insider Community, Hope y'all doing great! I am currently facing an issue while trying to reset my PC. After clicking on the reset my PC button from the recovery menu, I am redirected to the system permission dialogue box. After clicking yes on it, I choose the keep my files option but it shows an error right after that saying someone could be controlling/modifying my files. It seems really odd to me after seeing this error here so I am reaching out for a solution now. Thanks & Regards Siddhartha SharmaTheme automatically changes to match Bing NTP image
Starting with the latest Edge Dev build today (139.0.3394.0) if you have your new tab page set to display the Bing wallpaper, the theme will automatically change to select a colour based on the picture without your consent. And if you attempt to reset the theme or change to another one, opening a new tab will just force it to change again. See my video below:How to Customize Visual Studio Code Chat with GitHub Copilot and Semantic Kernel
Discover how to customize Visual Studio Code Chat to revolutionize your development workflow with AI. By leveraging GitHub Copilot, Semantic Kernel, and Azure AI Agent Service, you can create chat participants tailored to tasks like project creation, requirement analysis, and code orchestration. Learn to integrate models like o1-mini for reasoning and .NET Aspire for distributed application management. Empower your IDE with AI to streamline complex workflows and boost efficiency.Install Issue - Windows 11 Insider Preview 10.0.26120.2705 (ge_release_upr)
I joined windows insider, and before I start I wanted to note originally only wanted to be in the beta, not the DEV or CANARY builds as I am a beginner. However, at this moment in time, the DEV build downloaded and this build is trying to install, I have clicked download/install multiple times and it takes forever, (I know it takes time but normally is much faster on my device) but when it finally hits 100%, it requests the restart for the update process, whenever my system is rebooted windows update says "Attention Needed" and the install failed. Yet-- when I go to update history this is what shows: Here is what my insider page looks like currently for note: So I am confused and frankly would either like to get this update install gone, or just the beta. Any assistance would be very much appreciated, especially since I am a newbie.
