Advice Request Designing the Windows 8 Start screen

[Jack]

Microsoft has started working on the design for the Windows 8 start screen , in a recent blog post they have reveled the new Windows 8 Start Screen.
Here are the main conclusion of the blog post :

Designing the Start screen

Conclusions:
The Windows 8, the Start screen is not just a replacement for the Windows 7 Start menu but a bringing together of several different ways of navigating your machine. Even in Windows 7, people who are proficient with Windows are already replacing the Start menu with the taskbar for their frequently used desktop apps.

For people using mostly desktop apps, the Start screen complements the functionality of the taskbar. Using both together, you have instant access to your most frequently used apps combined with a more powerful way to launch your less frequently used apps (through search or by grouping items on the Start screen). And, for Metro apps, Live tiles transform the Start screen into a dashboard that helps you stay up to date and connected in a high quality experience substantially improved over the notification tray. The new experience offers a way to more efficiently launch apps, stay connected to the most relevant information from apps, and find the things you care about. It also lets you launch and switch quickly between your apps and specific locations within those apps all without sacrificing performance or draining the battery of a laptop or tablet PC.

Read Designing the Start screen

Screenshots :
Live tiles on the Start screen

Search isn’t just restricted to the system—apps can display search results optimized for that app

Start screen has more room to show you more detailed search results for files

The Start screen has plenty of room to show app search results

 

[win7holic]

that's cool.
but, it looks like ubuntu 11.10 also.
i don't know who's copy the style. i thought, probably ubuntu?

 

[jamescv7]

That's a better looking Start Screen. Big difference from the rest of other Windows 8 version.

 

[McLovin]

I still think Windows 8 would be better on a tablet PC and or a touch PC, but the interface does look cool.