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Jay Machalani's concept for fixing the Metro+desktop are the way to go IMHO. http://jaymachalani.com/blog/2013/12/12/fixing-windows-8

Basically the concept is to include both the Metro + desktop UIs and let the user explicitly choose. When you're in tablet mode, all desktop apps run full-screen (or using the Metro-style split screen) and when you're in desktop mode, Metro apps run windowed like Desktop apps.

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Also, ModernMix gets you part way there on the latter. One interesting side effect I noticed while using it is that Metro / Modern apps tend to use larger fonts and layouts (which doesn't really work that well when you shrink the apps down to a smaller window). Possible solutions include auto-scaling and letting the app present a different interface when Windowed.

unfortunately Microsoft in all its infinite wisdom will likely tone down the metro concept instead of fixing it.

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