When Windows Phone 7 was introduced, Microsoft has shared a lot of information behind home screen design decisions. Every line, every spot, every size and every black stripe had its purpose. Now, 2 years later, none of these seems to apply anymore. Microsoft today introduced new home screen, where icons can be 1/4 of original size and black stripe is gone! Its ok, that users can ruin homescreen for themselves with ugly little tiles, because its their choice. But please keep black stripe on the right side of the screen, so we can have original beautiful WP7 experience on WP8. Let's get MS know, that we love great design of home screen which was one of the reasons we have chosen Windows Phone.

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