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I installed the new W8.1 update 1 today. I find the new Metro App titlebar totally stupid, useless, and very annoying. It apparently only shows on computers with a mouse attached.
Is there a way to disable this titlebar? I hear it may officially be called a "window menu".
I have been using Stardock's ModernMix to make Modern/Metro useful. ModernMix is what the new update should have been. Having this new titlebar popping up across the top of my screen when using windowed modern apps is really annoying!
BTW, what is it nowadays, Modern, Metro, or Retro? lol
Edit 04-10-2014: Stardock got this solved real slick with their new ModernMix 1.14 beta. They even managed to add a window option to the titlebar, which still shows in full screen mode. Nice! When you reduce a modern app down to a window, the title bar is disabled.
Pretty slick! I can't understand why Stardock is so good at this stuff but it takes Microsoft multiple versions over multiple years to get to the same place, maybe!
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It has a significant usability conflict with the Remote Desktop Metro app from my experience, and I know there are other apps out there which will be affected by this stupid black bar. To elaborate more on my experience, the app can accidentally be closed to terminate the whole session by just trying to close a maximized Desktop app inside the Remote Session.
PS only saw some one mentioned this already after posting mine. haha.
Also Microsoft's own Remote Desktop app. When closing windows on the remote machine the stupid, ridiculous and unnecessary title bar blocks plenty - minimise, maximise and close buttons, tabs etc. Chrome's tabs and close/maximise buttons are also blocked when using Chrome in Windows 8 mode. Many Windows 8 apps have become unusable since this retarded change. Please undo your stuff up. Thanks; loyal users.
The annoying factor for me is that when closing programs down using the x in the top right, I regularly shut down Remote Desktop because the bar pops in. An option to disable is required
This was my original reason for reporting this issue. Supporting a client and then suddenly having to reconnect to them (as in the case of Team Viewer) is very annoying and embarrassing -- to say nothing of a waste of time.
-Forjo
Also Microsoft's own Remote Desktop app. When closing windows on the remote machine the stupid, ridiculous and unnecessary title bar blocks plenty - minimise, maximise and close buttons, tabs etc. Chrome's tabs and close/maximise buttons are also blocked when using Chrome in Windows 8 mode. Many Windows 8 apps have become unusable since this retarded change. Please undo your stuff up. Thanks; loyal users.
The annoying factor for me is that when closing programs down using the x in the top right, I regularly shut down Remote Desktop because the bar pops in. An option to disable is required
Also, social apps like Facebook, where clicking the notifications icon can actually be close or minimize the app, since both buttons spring over the notifications and messages buttons.
Also Microsoft's own Remote Desktop app. When closing windows on the remote machine the stupid, ridiculous and unnecessary title bar blocks plenty - minimise, maximise and close buttons, tabs etc. Chrome's tabs and close/maximise buttons are also blocked when using Chrome in Windows 8 mode. Many Windows 8 apps have become unusable since this retarded change. Please undo your stuff up. Thanks; loyal users.
