Boring can be good, from a usability perspective. Metro seems to be their big selling point now and I imagine they want the branding to reflect the usability of the product.

Not trying to give you grief. I agree it's kinda boring, I'm just thinking that maybe it's boring by design.

I think I know what they are trying to achieve, they are hoping to get the Apple simplicity, I think.

I didn't think you were giving grief, sounded like constructive criticism, I don't mind that. I just don't like mindless comments that are biased.

I hope this product gets them back in the game, they been a bit behind in innovation lately so I'm looking forward to something radically different.

Somebody famous once said something along the line of "Art gets more beautiful with age. Fashion gets uglier"

I really like metro as an idea but in practice it feels like fashion.