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Originally Posted by MickMcGeough
Windows 8's Metro UI takes more cues from Android widgets than it does anything that Apple has ever done, but is really it's whole own animal, in my opinion.
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This I agree with. It's a clean room re-think interface wise, with a clearly articulated aesthetic. In the long run, I actually think this is a better approach than what Apple is doing right now, which is to slowly (and poorly) graft elements and interactions from iOS into OS X. Ask any Mac user how they feel about LaunchPad, the faux leather calendar app, or some of the other things they botched in Lion - it definitely wasn't their best effort, and if they wanted to bring the two environments together, they'd have been better off to have both moving towards a common design rather than cross-pollinating aspects of each. We got Launch Centre in OS X now, and a useless dock and notification center in iOS. The worst of both worlds.
Metro apps, love them or hate them, should look and work pretty much the same across the desktop, tablet, and phone.