New Windows 8 build 8220 screenshots have leaked showing some exciting changes included. As you can see the Start orb is still missing, but besides that, there is a new interesting addition compared to the Developer Preview.
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The black Charms bar seems to have fallen out of favour, replaced with this rather elegant appearance of floating on-screen white icons. We can assume this screenshot was taken on a device lacking touch or stylus input, given the Show Desktop button's narrow width, as opposed to a thicker appearance on touch-capable devices. This could possibly signify that the existing Charms bar for keyboard and mice-only computers, as seen below, is no more:
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This screenshot contains one example of an alternate pattern to the Metro Start screen:
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Source: PCBeta, via Neowin
The black Charms bar seems to have fallen out of favour, replaced with this rather elegant appearance of floating on-screen white icons. We can assume this screenshot was taken on a device lacking touch or stylus input, given the Show Desktop button's narrow width, as opposed to a thicker appearance on touch-capable devices. This could possibly signify that the existing Charms bar for keyboard and mice-only computers, as seen below, is no more:
This screenshot contains one example of an alternate pattern to the Metro Start screen:
Source: PCBeta, via Neowin