My new desktop doesn’t have touch so Metro is a pain to use. I especially don’t like the fact that when you open something in Metro there is no option to close the window. You have to return to your tile screen point to the left corner of the screen with your mouse, open a mini window, right click then choose close. What happened to the “X” button?
What I do is keep it in desktop or classic view. I downloaded Firefox (IE 10 is garbage btw). FR hasn’t changed for me, at least not in desktop view.
I especially don’t like the fact that when you open something in Metro there is no option to close the window. You have to return to your tile screen point to the left corner of the screen with your mouse, open a mini window, right click then choose close. What happened to the “X” button?
Learn ALT-F4. It is your friend. It will allow you to close any application. I did a little looking, and it appears to still apply in Windows 8.
Metro apps are not designed to be closed like a desktop application. They go into suspension just like they do on the iPhone when you switch from them so they are not eating up memory.
You CAN close them, but it isnt necessary.