Designed using the new Windows user interface, this brand new app features powerful weather animations that illustrate the forecast as the user navigates through time, and My AccuWeather custom lifestyle forecasts that show how the forecast impacts the way the user plans to spend their day.

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Windows 8 introduces a new user interface model, but it retains the ability to run applications written for Windows 7, Vista, XP, NT, and so on.

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Microsoft is already taking a bit of a gamble with the new user interface that drives Windows 8, although the comfortable desktop metaphor is available as a safety net.

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Beginning Friday, Oct. 26, consumers and businesses worldwide will be able to experience all that Windows 8 has to offer, including a beautiful new user interface and a wide range of applications with the grand opening of the Windows Store.

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For consumers tired of either, the Windows Phone user interface and its new live tile system looks and feels much different.

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The new user interface allows up to eight apps to run simultaneously, four of which can appear in small windows on the same screen - something the firm describes as "true multitasking".

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