The opposite of Start8

Add even more ModernUI/Metro

from Stardock Forums

Hi,

first of all: Start8 is really a nice little program. It has some many options, allowing to tweak win8 into a better win7 with classic startmenu.
I really like it, as Microsofts hybrid solution, a mixture of classic desktop and ModernUI/Metro startmenu, is really confusing.

But I wonder, if there is a way to improve the ModernUI/Metro part of this hybrid ui?
 With Start8  you can deactivate as much as possible of ModernUI/Metro.
Now I want to deactivate as much as possible of classic desktop.
 I really would love to see the ModernUI/Metro startmenu to be my desktop/background. In front of it, windows are placed/created. The charmbar does not only show running ModernUI/Metro apps, but also thumbnails of running normal programs (as they are now seen at taskbar), because classic desktop with icons and taskbar with all it's features should be deactivated, so the charmbar becomes also a new kind of taskbar.

Is something like this possible?

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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

@ CosmicBlue, in part who says, "Now I want to deactivate as much as possible of classic desktop."

Are you looking for another program - not Start8 - that will disable as much of the Windows 8 Desktop UI mode of operations as possible?

regards,

Laurence

 

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting Laurence3, reply 1
@ CosmicBlue, in part who says, "Now I want to deactivate as much as possible of classic desktop."

Are you looking for another program - not Start8 - that will disable as much of the Windows 8 Desktop UI mode of operations as possible?

regards,

Laurence

 
End of Laurence3's quote

It might be another program, a registry tweak, a .vbs-script...anything that will turn Win8 to even more ModerUI/Metro.

 

You see, I have an WindowsMobile7 phone and an android tablet with a WM7 launcher - both have no desktop, just tiles.

I just want Windows8 to be the same. Acting, behaving and handling should be nearly the same for all of them.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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