Basics of Metro applications

The vast majority of tasks you perform within Windows 8 or any other operating …system, will revolve around applications. In Windows 8, there's a special type of …application, often referred to as a Metro application, which effectively operates …within the context of the start screen. In other words, when you launch one of …these applications, it will take over the full display of the start screen rather …than running in desktop mode. So, let's take a look at some of the ways …we can work with these applications. I'll go ahead and launch an application. …I'll start off with the sports application.…

I'll just click on the tile for sports, and then you'll see that I have a big …headline here. This is of course, a sports news application. …I can pan across simply by swiping on a touch screen or by using the arrow keys …on the keyboard. I can also access a scroll bar down at …the bottom with the mouse and then simply click and drag across on that scroll bar. …And here you can see I can get sports score updates and headlines and other information. …