![]() The other complaint comes from people who believe a Windows 7-style Start menu is more natural than the tiles on the full-screen Start screen. It’s not a big change but it may calm things down. It’s now expected that Windows 8.1 will have a button in the lower left that will send you to the Start screen. Microsoft is working on an update to Windows 8 that will be released late this year. Lots of grumbling about that.Īccording to Mary Jo Foley, Microsoft execs got sick of the grumbling and called the Windows 8 designers and laid down the law: Put The Damn Button Back. If you jam your cursor into the lower left corner, you can click to the Start screen, but why take away the psychological comfort of a button where a button ought to be? It takes a while to make the mental adjustment to use the Windows key on the keyboard instead. One is the admittedly odd decision to leave the Start button itself off the Windows 8 desktop. There are actually two different things in their minds. It’s no surprise, though, that a very vocal group of people are howling because their beloved Windows 7-style Start menu has been taken away. ![]() With a few simple tweaks (especially this one), it’s easy to spend 99% of the work day in the Windows 8 desktop and use the Start screen as – well, as a full-screen Start menu, which isn’t such a difficult concept after all. In my experience with real users, that’s exactly what happens. Sure, there’s a rocky transition, but the idea is that if everyone becomes familiar with the Start screen, then two things happen: (1) the Start screen becomes pretty lovable, and (2) people will be more likely to use Windows 8 tablets and phones, since they share the identical interface. ![]() Microsoft made a bold (and perhaps misguided) decision to insist that everyone use the new Windows 8 Start screen to start programs. Missing the Start button on your new Windows 8 computer? It’s easy to get it back with Start8 from Stardock Software. ![]()
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