How to disable top bar for closing apps in windows 8.1 update 1?

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It is nice of Microsoft to think about making the mouse experience with Windows Apps better, but the tittle bar popping up is not  a better option. Especially when using a trackpad with windows 8 gestures, it is absolutely a irritating and ugly solution. The trackpad acts like a mouse but has the multitouch gestures.

When apps start, the new title bar is on the splash screen, which are designed to be in full-screen. Very ugly. The clean feel of windows apps just got a bit less clean feel about it.

And MOST importantly, when using an app and want to click on a browser tab or a button, mostly your mouse will hit the upper screen activating this new title bar, and than you have to wait for a full second to let it disappear again in order to click the tab or button. This makes the mouse experience worst instead of better. 

I would rather wish they would make switching between apps and desktop programs more the same, why does alt+tab still not also switch apps, and why does the new windows 8 swipe to switch between apps, see desktop as one app instead of all active desktop programs as individual programs.

I get that people get mad by the annoyance it produces because it is totally whack and has design flaws even an intern should not make. I got furious while using some apps with this title bar. Some apps I hate to use now because of it. 

PLEASE Microsoft make the new title bar in Apps option-able.

I have the very same problem. I find the "slight delay" of appearing of the left bar also annoying. Why do I have to wait for it?

That is because you need to move your arrow up to the top of screen. I hate it too and hope that Microsoft will do as the comment above said and make it optional. I also hope to see the same with the visible charms at top right of start. I prefer using the charms bar on the right to do those actions.  BTW, another reason y you might not see the top bar is because you have not installed windows 8.1 Update 1 yet. Yeah one might think of it like a redo.