If you were asked to pick the most annoying of the various Microsoft Windows interfaces that have appeared over the years, there’s a reasonable chance that Windows 8’s Metro start ...

An expert on user interface design has called Windows 8 “disappointing” for novices and power users alike. Jakob Nielsen, principal of the Nielsen Norman Group, studied how a dozen experienced PC ...

I like writing about Windows 8. But every time I do — like right now, as I’ve been working on a post on Windows 8.1 — I’m bedeviled by the same conundrum. It’s minor but aggravating, and it confronts ...

Metro, the new Windows 8 interface, is causing an equal measure of excitement and consternation across the Web. The new tablet-style interface that uses tiles to launch your favorite applications — ...

Way back in 1985, Microsoft launched Windows 1.0, the first version of its Mac-like software for PCs. In 2009, it introduced Windows 7, the current edition. Thanks to 24 years’ worth of astounding ...

A U.K. design team recruited 14 Windows users and subjected them to the new Windows 8 interface. Apparently none of them cottoned to it immediately. CNET contributor Don Reisinger is a technology ...

Start Menu is for those (the majority) who don't need to pin a thousand programs. They just need a few and they prefer to have an unobstructed view of their desktop while they hit a link to small ...

Microsoft’s decision to take a radical departure in the user interface of Windows 8 has many of its customers asking the same question. Microsoft has always had downgrade rights in place for its ...

It appears Microsoft wants to give the Windows interface a major overhaul in late 2021. No, for the love of God, no! I’m a lucky guy. I can pick up new operating systems and desktop interfaces at the ...

GamesBeat met with project director Christopher Flores at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in Los Angeles, Calif. to discuss the upcoming gaming features built into Windows 8. Demonstrating on a ...