Is the Metro UI really necessary for people using Windows 8 on the desktop? Users should have the option to turn it off by default.

Your Windows 7 software will run in Windows 8, but it won’t run in the Metro—I mean Windows 8 Style UI. Traditional desktop Windows software falls back to a Windows 7-esque Desktop mode.

Mozilla preparing a preview of Firefox for Windows 8, would be released next month, offers Modern UI. News. All News AI Business, ... sports 'Modern UI', asks Metro to take a seat elsewhere.