One of the unique aspects of Windows 8 is that it has been optimized for both tablets and regular computers. What this means is that OEMs can choose to build in a touchscreen display into their desktop PCs or laptops to allow users to interact with the Metro UI which, for the most part, has been designed for touch input.
However what this means is that developers will have to create an optimized version of their app for this touch interface since it obviously functions and looks very different from the regular desktop. We’ve seen developers like VLC do it, and at one point Mozilla attempted to do it as well with “Firefox for Metro”, but in the case of the latter, it looks like the project has since been canned. (more…)
Mozilla Kills “Firefox For Metro” Project Citing Low Adoption original content from Ubergizmo. 
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