Ken's Design & Development Notes

… should not be called ‘The New Windows 8 User Experience!’  It sounds stupid, and no one is saying it, so we need something different.

Oh, and most people are still calling it ‘Metro.’  I know, because yesterday, Justin and I were at the Windows 8 Developers Camp.  (Which is, by the way, great stuff! Very informational, educational, and a good time was had by all.)

So what should we call it?

Do you know what surprises me more than the fact that Microsoft allowed this marketing error?  The dearth of suggestions on the internet for the replacement name.  Either nobody really cares, (like I said, people are still calling it Metro) or nobody knows what to call it.  So, I’ll start the naming game for you…

Let’s call it…

<drumroll>

X-TRO!

Don’t like it?  Fine, then you come up with something.  All I know is that I’m getting annoyed with all this “the operating system user experience formerly known as Metro” rubbish.

Why X-TRO?  Well, it’s short, and it’s certainly catchy to see in print.  It could be written Xtro, you know, like Xbox, so it’s even consistent for Microsoft.

Maybe we could have the Xphone instead of the cumbersomely-named ”Windows Phone” which brings to mind the blue screen of death.  Who wants that phone?  Well I’ve got an Xphone, and you know what, it’s really cool, with the Xtro / Xbox style user interface, I’ve gotten rather fond of it.

So that’s my suggestion.

X-TRO

… because after all, it’s not really about ”ME” anymore.