Posted on Tuesday, March 01 2011 @ 16:52 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck
An anonymous source at Microsoft
told BusinessInsider that the company hopes to show off a Windows 8 design for tablets by the end of its fiscal year in June. According to this person, the new interface will be more Apple-like and will be using elements from the "Metro" interface developed for WP7.
This person claims that Microsoft is taking a more Apple-like approach to interface design this time around, and will also be using concepts from the "Metro" interface developed for Windows Phone 7. Ironically, that interface grew out of the Media Center UI that shipped with Windows XP back in 2004, but the Media Center interface was meant to be viewed from up to 10 feet away and controlled with a remote control, whereas Metro is meant to be used with touch screens.
