<story><title>Update on Metro</title><url>https://blog.mozilla.org/futurereleases/2014/03/14/metro/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>polshaw</author><text>If you don&amp;#x27;t care about touch, then frankly you won&amp;#x27;t care about this announcement. I think this is the perspective of most posters here. But as someone that wanted a better touch-optimised full-fat browser, I am very disappointed.&lt;p&gt;Metro is all about touch, and the problem with Firefox in that context is that its touch performance sucks-- zoom is irresponsive and stepped, and scrolling performance is sub-par too; IE on the other hand excels at both of these-- which is why I use IE-metro in touch scenarios despite having a strong preference for Firefox normally.&lt;p&gt;If Mozilla fixed these core issues (which I should note are &amp;#x27;solved&amp;#x27; on their android browser, and I believe are important anyway for their desktop mode), then I think they would have had a lot more interest in using Firefox in metro mode.. which is essentially what I have always wanted when using tablet-style, but have been waiting it out until they had something usable. I think their &amp;#x27;marketing&amp;#x27; has been really poor too.. I can&amp;#x27;t say I really had any idea there &lt;i&gt;was&lt;/i&gt; a metro mode to the existing Firefox.. why didn&amp;#x27;t they try giving some kind of notification to windows8 users who had touch screens? And, personally (perhaps naively?), I just don&amp;#x27;t see that Mozilla don&amp;#x27;t have enough resources to handle this alongside existing projects, dumping it seems very short-sighted to me. Regardless, a big set back for those looking for a great full-fat browser experience with a touch-focused UI.</text></comment>
<story><title>Update on Metro</title><url>https://blog.mozilla.org/futurereleases/2014/03/14/metro/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>orky56</author><text>This type of news really breaks my heart. I&amp;#x27;m part of a team developing a Windows 8 app for Metro. On the one hand, we have faced lots of challenges (8.1 isn&amp;#x27;t compatible with 8!) and understand the issues regarding adoption. However, we still continue to believe that the Metro experience is a great concept and apps like ours have a chance to significantly turn the tide on its reputation. It&amp;#x27;s really a free-for-all where whoever creates the strongest end-user experience can really own that category on Windows 8. That brand&amp;#x2F;product recognition can follow to a user&amp;#x27;s other devices whether it phone&amp;#x2F;tablet&amp;#x2F;laptop.</text></comment>