Microsoft Now Calls Metro Applications Windows Apps
Microsoft Now Calls Metro Applications Windows Apps
I guess that’s what they should have been called form the start. Windows Apps. Nice and simple, no fuss no mess, no legal tangles, and now universal handles. Nice and simple.
These shiny new creations have been through a lot.
Introduced with Windows 8, Microsoft first called them Metro apps. But after some legal troubles, the company decided to call them Modern apps. This soon transitioned to Universal apps, as Redmond moved to the idea of writing single code and running it on hardware with multiple form factors.
And now with Windows 10 on the horizon, the software titan is returning to the basics.
As this slide reveals, software that only runs in the desktop environment is to be called Windows desktop application. That is to say (Win32) software. Windows Apps are what you’ll be able to download from the Windows Store.
In the grand scheme of things, this clarification makes a lot of sense.
Microsoft wants apps running on anything and everything that is powered by Windows, whether it be phones, desktop computers or even Xbox gaming consoles.
Not to mention, it keeps the Windows branding front, left and center too.
Well, mostly front.
But that’s perfectly alright.
What do you guys and gals think?
Ready for Windows apps?
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