Close Threshold for Metro Apps is a must-have tool for all Windows 8 users. It allows you to improve ways of Metro apps closing. You will able to do much smaller mouse movements/touch "swipes" to close any app.

Set sliders to left, and it will be not nessesary to drag Metro apllication to the bottom edge of the screen! After you click on "Save settings" button Windows Explorer will be restarted and you will able to close Metro application near the top edge of the screen.
I have prepared a video to show you how is it works:

Close Threshold for Metro Apps in action

With Close Threshold for Metro Apps you will able:

• to speed up Metro apps closing with mouse
  
• to speed up Metro apps closing with touch gestures
  
• to disable Metro apps closing with mouse
  
• to disable Metro apps closing with touch

Close Threshold for Metro Apps works on Windows 8 RTM and Release Preview, it is portable and does not require to be installed. Freeware, like all my other tools.

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