<A target="_blank" href="http://www.infoworld.com/t/microsoft-windows/the-rise-and-fall-the-windows-desktop-gadget-174772?source=rss_infoworld_top_stories_">One "victim" of the Metro interface in Win8 will be Desktop Gadgets</A>. Microsoft will no longer accept new gadget, emoticon, or plug-in submissions, for several products, from users.