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BB4Win VS WinMetro

Compare BB4Win VS WinMetro and see what are their differences

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BB4Win (Blackbox for Windows) is an alternative shell for Microsoft Windows.

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  • BB4Win Landing page
    Landing page //
    2019-04-14
  • WinMetro Landing page
    Landing page //
    2023-09-19

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WinMetro Review: The Windows 8 UI

More videos:

  • Tutorial - Review and How To Get And Use WinMetro In Windows Vista or Windows 7
  • Tutorial - ►How to make Windows 7 looks Like Windows 8 ! (WinMetro)

Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to BB4Win and WinMetro)

BB4Win

WinMetro

Image Optimisation
71 71%
Image Optimisation
29% 29
OS & Utilities
66 66%
OS & Utilities
34% 34
Personalization
82 82%
Personalization
18% 18
Note Taking
58 58%
Note Taking
42% 42

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Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, BB4Win seems to be more popular. It has been mentiond 3 times since March 2021. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.

BB4Win mentions (3)

  • I Still Use Windows 95 (archived, 2008)
    I used this Windows port of Blackbox many years ago. Perhaps time try again. https://bb4win.sourceforge.net/. - Source: Hacker News / almost 1 year ago
  • Alternative Windows Desktop
    Cool, that still exists. Some years ago I was into all that desktop customization and tried this, LiteStep [0] and Blackbox/bb4win [1] but ended up with BlackBox. Nowadays, all the customization I need is a tool to fix the taskbar position that someone who probably uses a portrait mode monitor moved to the wrong spot [2] and a launcher [3] [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LiteStep [1]:... - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago
  • Riced out my desktop a bit - who says Windows isn't customizable?
    You can go farther but it might become buggy http://bb4win.sourceforge.net/ I have not tested it for along time but it was fun to play with. Source: over 1 year ago

WinMetro mentions (0)

We have not tracked any mentions of WinMetro yet. Tracking of WinMetro recommendations started around Mar 2021.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing BB4Win and WinMetro, you can also consider the following products

Cairo Shell - Cairo is a desktop environment for Windows.

Newgen - Newgen is an application that brings the new Metro UI to your desktop.

WindowBlinds - WindowBlinds is a computer program that allows users to skin the Windows graphical user interface.

Immersive Explorer - Browse Folders, Libraries, Favorites etc.

bbLean - Alternative Windows shell

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