believes that Sinofsky was the one that convinced CEO Steve Ballmer to implement his idea claiming that it was in line with the company’s long-term goals. But early adopters of Window 8 (particularly on the desktop and laptop platforms) have found the change confusing — with many feeling a missing comfort factor for how they want to use their computers. Steve Ballmer, in an interview with Associate Press in October already made it very clear that Microsoft had no intentions of bringing the start menu back. “You already have a whole screen as a Start button”, Ballmer was reported as saying. Sinofsky, for his part, was certain that it was just a matter of time until people got used to the Start Screen. “You know, as familiar and productive as Windows 7 is for customers today, the world that led to Windows 7 began back in the early 1990s when familiar concepts like the Start menu were first conceived. Familiar today, but completely new when it was first released. That technology world was so very different than the world we experience each and every day.” That, of course, hasn’t stopped software developers from creating their own Start buttons for Windows 8. The number of third-party apps that allow you to bring back the Start Menu is constantly increasing, with Stardock’s Start8 leading the pack. The software has already moved tens of thousands of copies, with an even larger number of trial version downloads.]]>
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I find myself going to the start button that isn’t there but I am used to it now and liking the new interface. I mostly miss “Recent Documents.”
Well, it is there. Just hidden. Hover in the corner and there it pops up. You just have to know it’s there. And you have to not pull your mouse away and try to click in the middle of the box. 😉
I don’t miss the start menu, but I do wonder what would have been so bad about a start button on the desktop. I mean, I’m fine with the popup in the corner (works just as well), but just having a little button there that launched the start menu wouldn’t have been so bad, I don’t think, as a convenience for those not familiar with the new way of things. A good middle ground, I think. Oh well. No one asked me.
Bringing back start menu while still having a start screen will be a heck of a mind bender, I don’t think it’s going to happen. Most people using standard Windows 8 for more than 5 minutes on a VM just got over it. Tens of thousands didn’t – I would’ve been impressed by a few hundreds of thousands…
man. we dont want it back. Start screen is the best
I don’t want the start button back. Got used to it and find it much nor reasonable without it… I don’t think Microsoft is bringing back the startbutton…btw how would that look like when you have pinned another app next to the desktop…? That would be weird…
I don’t need the start button!!!
Either Microsoft bring back the start button with an improved Start menu for the desktop or they strongly improved the Start screen for use on traditionnal P.C and servers which do not have a touch screen.
Don’t do it! It’s a trap! I like Windows 8 the way it is now.