Read Also: Team Tracking CatchApp for Windows 8 Gets Big Update During the interview, Myerson said that legacy apps on the desktop will be part of Windows in the future, but there will be Windows versions with a different approach. He also hinted that a new Windows on ARM variant could be on the cards. Another interesting detail which was revealed by Myerson is the fact that modern Windows 8 apps are coming to the desktop user interface in the near future. Here’s what he shared:
Option to pin Windows 8 apps to desktop is coming
Since the desktop user interface and the Modern mode work separately, there isn’t currently an easy way to pin modern Windows 8 apps to the desktop, so this feature will apparently be enabled in the future. Speaking of Windows RT, Myerson seemed pretty confident and said that it definitely has a future thanks to chipmakers like Intel. Speaking more of the concept of “One Windows”, the executive said the following: And Microsoft has already taken some important steps toward this direction with universal apps for Windows Phone, Windows 8 and Xbox that have been announced at Build 2014.
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