Chrome & Firefox For Windows 8 To Run In Metro Environment

According to #-Link-Snipped-#, Google & Mozilla are working on getting the new versions of Chrome and Firefox respectively for the Windows 8 Metro Style. Google's spokesperson confirmed the news about Google Chrome being adopted to the Metro Style and will be based on the desktop browser (and not android version). Chrome will adopt both Desktop and Metro styles without any glitches and  offer enhanced touch optimized experience. What this means is that once the hardware manufacturers start releasing Windows 8 based tablets, the end users will be able to have a uniform experience over various hardware platforms.


Winodws Metro Interface. Image Credit: Digital Trends

What's more important is that Microsoft is finally opening up and has put an end to all the speculations about whether MS will even allow other browsers to adopt the Metro interface. A recently published research paper states that Microsoft will allow all third-party browsers to use the Metro style. It's good to see that Microsoft is finally opening up to the competition. Internet Explorer 10 will be optional (yep!) in Windows 8 and you can even choose to remove the browser from your operating system. Until now, Microsoft's IE mostly stayed ahead of the browser race because of its default, inseparable integration with the Windows operating system. But the overall market share of Internet Explorer has steadily declined over the past few years while that of Chrome and Firefox has grown.

There's a little catch though. For the browser to run in Metro interface, the user will have to select it as the default Internet browser. So here goes the question: How many of you are going to choose Chrome, Firefox over IE 10?