Free Online Computer Science and Programming Books, Textbooks, and Lecture Notes :: FreeTechBooks.com. Vocabulary learning and memorable dictionary. Make Your Browser Start Screen Look Like Windows 8. Microsoft gave a taste of what you can come to expect from Windows 8 at last week's BUILD conference. The most obvious change is a new touch-friendly user interface known as Metro. If you want to try Metro for yourself, you can download the developer preview of Windows 8, or wait until the final release candidate arrives. Or you can get a taste of it by installing an add-on for your browser.
EIGHT, a plugin for Firefox, Chrome, Opera, and IE 8 offers up a Metro-inspired interface for your browser's start page. The mod, created by Ľubomír Krupa, provides quick access to your favorite websites, and works similarly to the default start screens featured in a number of modern browsers. What's different about this browser start screen, though, is that instead of more traditional website thumbnails, you will see Metro-style tiles. To get this add-on working, all you have to do is download it and then set the local file as your homepage in your browsers settings. [DeviantArt via YouTube] Online Web Tutorials. HTML & CSS In Pictures.