Windows 8 Metro Style Inspired Theme for Yahoo! Messenger

We all know about new Metro UI which was introduced in Windows Phone 7 and now Microsoft is trying to use it in all Microsoft's official applications, websites and upcoming Windows version "Windows 8".

We have shared lots of themes for Windows 7 inspired from Metro UI. Now its turn of Yahoo! Messenger.

Our friend "alkhan" @ DA has created an awesome theme for Yahoo! Messenger called "Metro UI". The theme completely revamps Yahoo! Messenger's UI. The new interface looks clean and minimal completely matching with Microsoft's Metro UI.

The theme comes in 8 flavors. You can use the theme in Yahoo! Messenger 10 and 11.

To use the theme, first extract the downloaded RAR file using WinRAR or 7-zip and copy the content to "C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Messenger\" folder. 64-bit users, copy the content to "C:\Program Files (x86)\Yahoo!\Messenger\" folder. We advise you to take a backup of original files first before replacing them.

After copying, start Yahoo! Messenger and change the theme using "Messenger -> Preferences -> Appearance" menu.

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Microsoft Shows Windows 8 Preview

Finally Microsoft has published an official video of Windows 8 at D9 conference showing the new user interface and lots of new features introduced in Windows 8.

According to Microsoft, Windows 8 is a reimagining of Windows, from the chip to the interface. A Windows 8-based PC is really a new kind of device, one that scales from touch-only small screens through to large screens, with or without a keyboard and mouse.

Here are a few aspects of the new interface:

• Fast launching of apps from a tile-based Start screen, which replaces the Windows Start menu with a customizable, scalable full-screen view of apps.
• Live tiles with notifications, showing always up-to-date information from your apps.
• Fluid, natural switching between running apps.
• Convenient ability to snap and resize an app to the side of the screen, so you can really multitask using the capabilities of Windows.
• Web-connected and Web-powered apps built using HTML5 and JavaScript that have access to the full power of the PC.
• Fully touch-optimized browsing, with all the power of hardware-accelerated Internet Explorer 10.

Although the new user interface is designed and optimized for touch, it works equally well with a mouse and keyboard.

Windows 8 apps use the power of HTML5, tapping into the native capabilities of Windows using standard JavaScript and HTML to deliver new kinds of experiences. These new Windows 8 apps are full-screen and touch-optimized, and they easily integrate with the capabilities of the new Windows user interface.

The user interface and new apps will work with or without a keyboard and mouse on a broad range of screen sizes and pixel densities, from small slates to laptops, desktops, all-in-ones, and even classroom-sized displays. Hundreds of millions of PCs will run the new Windows 8 user interface.

The video below introduces a few of the basic elements of the new user interface: