This interface was first released on Windows Phone, and while it’s definitely ideal for a touchscreen environment, it’s also quite usable with the keyboard and mouse-though you will find that scrolling multiple pages is much more tedious using just the mouse than using a simple swipe on the screen. Many tiles are more than just an application launcher, they contain live data that updates automatically-a weather tile will automatically show the latest weather report, a news title will scroll the latest from your feeds, the social widget will show the latest photos from Facebook, and your stock ticker will automatically show you what those greedy Wall Street people are up to. Metro is a tile-based interface focused on being clean and simple, with simple icons and beautiful typography instead of the typical shadows and raised button interfaces that we’re used to. Good luck, and make sure to let us know in the comments how you fare. This is actually by design – no plugins in the Metro IE.
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