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Disable Metro Features While Keeping Ribbon Explorer In Windows 8

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First we covered a simple Registry hack to disable Metro and bring back the Windows 7 Start Menu in Windows 8. Then, we covered a small tool called Windows 8 Start Menu Toggle which allows users to quickly change the value in the registry to switch between new metro interface and old classic interface. The problem with both these methods is that when you disable Metro, apart from disabling the Metro Start Menu, it also disabled the Ribbon Explorer and the new Task Manager. This got annoying for many users, including myself. Read More

Newgen Brings Windows 8 Metro Desktop To Windows 7

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In the past, we have covered two applications which bring Windows 8 user interface elements to Windows 7, which are Window8Menu and Mosaic. The former is written to get Windows 8 tablet like user interface on Windows 7 by providing Windows 8 Start menu along with Metro UI based applications and web widgets, whereas, the latter adds few pre-designed Windows 8 widgets to Windows 7 desktop, like, Gmail, weather, user profile info, lock screen, etc. Today, we have discovered yet another Windows 8 UI inspired tool, called Newgen. Despite being a rewrite of open source Mosaic (mentioned above), it seems like a a blend of both Mosaic and Windows8Menu. The application adds a slew of widgets and options to Mosaic while catering to few prominent features of Windows8Menu, like, Windows 8 side menu Start search, full-screen support, widgets options, etc. Read More

Install Windows Phone 7 Launcher on Android

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WP7 Android Launcher is a free replacement Windows Phone 7 style launcher for Android that turns the home screen of your Android phone to the Windows Phone 7 Metro layout with tiles, similar to our recently featured Windows Phone 7 Metro UI for iPhone. If you envy the Metro layout of Windows Phone 7 devices and want your Android phone to have the same look when it comes to the launcher, read on for our complete coverage. Read More

Install Windows Phone 7 Metro UI on Apple iPhone with OS7

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We love the Windows Phone 7 Metro UI for its unique look and very convenient usability of its live tiles that deviate from the previously established norm of smartphones just having grids of icons or at the most, widgets to let users interact with them. You can now get the same interface for the home screen of your jailbroken iPhone with the OS7 theme. Read More

Install Windows Phone 7 Metro UI On Your Android Device

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Like the new Metro UI of Windows Phone and wish you could have it on your Android phone? Good news - you can do that! Windows Phone Android is a new app that brings the popular Windows Phone 7 Metro UI to your Android devices, making use of the operating system's open nature that lets you replace even its home screen interface. More details and download links after the jump. Read More