Windows 8 Desktop UI: Signs of Things to Come.

An article by Tom Warren that got little attention features beta software directly from Microsoft that features a clean metro like design. I'm wondering if (especially since this is very new software) this might be a signal that Microsoft might actually be rethinking the way windows in the desktop interface look.

It basically boils down to a desktop UI that doesn't have chrome. So specifically the close, restore, minimize would continue to evolve in styling.

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Another use of this style by Microsoft rests in Office 15 (revealed by Warren)

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Another obvious example is Zune itself.

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So I think we should actually expect some of the concepts we've seen in the forums and elsewhere online, rather than hoping for them. After all, Windows 8 is still deep into beta, and we aren't close to seeing the final product.