WOW - not really getting the point of the "metro" interface!!! While it is possible to use the "metro" portion of the interface as though it was the old "start menu", switching contexts, it is intended to be the main interface, not a sub interface. It is much easier to just use the metro interface for all apps and interactions. I've been using Windows 8 now for a while and really don't find myself fighting the "metro" verses "old desktop" fight that is claimed. For people who need the desktop for legacy apps it is still there and functions better than ever. I also believe that as MS has stated before the vast majority of Windows users never really embraced the start menu - they just had icons on their desktop and launched apps that way. With the new Win8 interface it is very easy to use an app without having to "find" it hidden somewhere. Many times I don't even have to launch the app because the live tiles tell me what I need to know already.

For folks wondering what inspired the iOS icon design... please refer to the original Atari 400 membrane keyboard. The highlight on the top-left is supposed to mimic the bumpy membrane of those old keyboards. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7f/Atari_400_keyboard.jpg You will also notice the radius of the rounded corners and the outline match current iOS specifications.

Reclined in a chair at 135 degrees. http://www.powerergonomics.com/page17.html

I certainly would rather read comedy sci-fi or fantasy than depressing stories. Tales like "The Cold Equations" make me angry... I'm sure that is why Kirk cheated on the "Kobayashi Maru" in Star Trek. Even depressing morality tales like "The Red Balloon", "Flowers for Algernon", "A Summer in a Day" and a story about a polluted world where the last gardener tends the last plants in a greenhouse that a mob destroies (Sorry I can't remember the name). As good as the stories get, even "Slient Running", "Soylent Green" and "2001: a Space Odessey" can be depressing. Thankfully there are writers like Pratchett and Adams that don't depress me.