Just in case you hadn’t already seen it but Microsoft is making Windows metro which is very exciting. You can read all about Windows 8 and my thoughts about it on MML but I thought I’d share with you some of the images from yesterday’s keynote. What do you think of Windows 8? We’re likely [...]
A screenshot of the new Windows Server8 has appeared that shows a new Metro interface for the console of the server, such a shame there had to be such a large watermark on the image though. The screenshot comes from the MDL Forums, in case you didn’t know. The interesting thing with this screenshot of [...]
Neowin have written an article pointing out how Microsoft’s Help and Support website has been redesigned with a very heavy Metro influence. I personally am not seeing the redesign however, its good to see that Microsoft are using Metro on more of their online destinations and sites. I wonder how long it will be before [...]
Today Bing has received a minor update that tweaks a few things, most notable it brings Metro UI buttons to the bottom left of the homepage image. It’s likely that there will soon be more changes to Bing in the way of HTML5 which should also bring more Metro designs to Bing. Have you noticed [...]
I was looking around deviantart earlier today when I stumbled upon a video I hadn’t seen of Bing. As far as I can tell this video is real and it actually fits in well with some of the images I’ve seen for the next version of Bing. is in a perpetual state of “coming soon”. [...]
In Microsoft’s 3rd video about building Windows 8 they show how the company plans to overhaul the copy experience within Explorer in the next version of Windows. The video included things such as a single place for all copy jobs on Windows and options to pause/resume and cancel any copy job. Microsoft has also refined [...]
In the latest post on the Building Windows 8 blog Steven Sinofsky talk about the Metro UI on Windows 8. He takes an interesting slant on talking about Metro stressing the point that its not just the fact that the Segoe font is used and that block colours are found through the interface but it [...]
Today, as part of the gradual announcement and release of new Windows Phone “Mango” hardware Microsoft has released a new, very Metro design for Windows Phone’s YouTube channel. The videos about the next release of Windows Phone are categorised into three sections; social, apps and web. The design mimics the sections seen in Metro software [...]
Welcome to the new Typography and Squares! I know I have neglected this blog over the past year but as it seems that Microsoft is going to increasingly use the Metro UI across their products I felt it an apt time to resurrect this blog. However, I didn’t just want this to be another blog, [...]
Regular readers of MML probably know I am a major Metro UI fan and its perhaps why I am also a big fan of the Zune software and the upcoming Windows Phone 7. I’m also happy to see the new Xbox 360 interface takes notes from the Metro UI. However there aren’t really many apps [...]
