Windows Store apps now show up in the taskbar as well which means you can switch between the docked apps easily or add more if you want.Įvery Windows Store app is responsive, which means that even if it doesn’t have a special UI, it will still update itself to show you the best parts when docked. Now go to the top left edge of the screen, wait for a second and you’ll see your Desktop in the preview, drag it into the empty space and it will stay there.
In some cases like Twitter and Mail that are designed to be used in these cases, they have a special docked UI and take up about 1/5th of the screen. It will now take up the minimum space the app’s dev has allotted. Click and hold and flick the app to the either corner of the screen.
Take your mouse to the top and you’ll see the title bar emerge. What you can do is launch any modern app and watch it take up the whole screen. Especially if you have a 23-inch display. These changes, if you want to make use of, can help you run modern and legacy apps smoothly side by side. But with Windows 8.1 MS has made small, subtle changes to the way Modern apps behave. Windows 8.1 brought you a way to boot directly to the desktop and keep away from Modern/Metro apps as much as possible, you jumped on that train. Windows 8 brought modern apps and the new Start screen.
