<p>Mozilla has bad news for Firefox users who are fans of Windows 8 and its new, touch-centric UI all 1,000 of you, worldwide.</p><p>On Friday, Firefox VP Johnathan Nightingale revealed that he had made the decision to "take the Windows Metro version of Firefox off the trains" Mozilla-speak meaning he's canceled it.</p><p>"Mozilla builds software to make the world better, but we have to pick our battles," Nightingale wrote.</p><p>Mozilla has been working on a version of its browser that conforms with the UI requirements of Windows 8's Start Screen since 2012, before Microsoft's latest OS had even gone on sale to the public. But the effort has been a fraught one, with development delays causing its ship date to slip repeatedly.</p><p><a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/03/15/metro_firefox_canceled/">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://www.gottabemobile.com/2014/03/15/5-things-you-didnt-know-windows-8-could-do-2/">5 Things You Didn&#039;t Know Windows 8 Could Do</a> (Gotta Be Mobile)</p><p><a href="http://www.rgj.com/article/20140315/BIZ/303150024/">Kim Komando: Why it&#039;s time to say good-bye to Windows XP</a> (Reno Gazette Journal)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=d4_SkjeO71btx-MD7qb5LxAAQIpnM&authuser=0&ned=us">12 additional articles.</a></p>