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Windows 8.1 start buttons leaks, looks familiar
So yesterday we already posted some info on the return of the Start menu. We now have a screenshot available. Microsoft is expected to include a Start button with the Windows 8.1 update and now we have our first look at the new button and it looks quite familiar to those of you who use Windows 8.
The button looks exactly like the charms bar Start button, which should come as little surprise, and is located exactly where you would expect it to be.
While the button will be nothing more than a gateway to the Modern Start screen, it will likely appease many consumers who had trouble navigating the new platform. But if this does not function like the "Old Windows" start button then what is the point? All it will do is bring me back to the metro interface? How useless is that?
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#4608485 Posted on: 05/31/2013 09:14 AM
+1. Start8 and others will continue to please the majority of windows8.x users
+1. Start8 and others will continue to please the majority of windows8.x users
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#4608516 Posted on: 05/31/2013 10:42 AM
StartIsBack is all thats needed !
StartIsBack is all thats needed !
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#4608576 Posted on: 05/31/2013 01:01 PM
You have to admit, without a touch screen it's counter intuitive not having a start button.
+1. Start8 and others will continue to please the majority of windows8.x users
You have to admit, without a touch screen it's counter intuitive not having a start button.
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#4608957 Posted on: 05/31/2013 11:09 PM
I originally thought that 8.1 might be worth it, but I'm starting to think otherwise. Just give us what we want MS. Then you'll get what you want (our money).
I originally thought that 8.1 might be worth it, but I'm starting to think otherwise. Just give us what we want MS. Then you'll get what you want (our money).
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#4608965 Posted on: 05/31/2013 11:30 PM
I hope this doesn't *break* Start8 and the others....
I hope this doesn't *break* Start8 and the others....
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#4609264 Posted on: 06/01/2013 12:46 PM
..why would it matter? They wouldn't exactly be needed at that point ya know...
I hope this doesn't *break* Start8 and the others....
..why would it matter? They wouldn't exactly be needed at that point ya know...
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#4609821 Posted on: 06/02/2013 04:46 AM
lol i haven't reistalled windows 7 for nearly a year and a half, that's the longest installation for me, usually it was around the 6 month mark.
still going fast, still top banana speed, love W7, will stick to it for as long as humanly possible, i hate useless start buttons.
lol i haven't reistalled windows 7 for nearly a year and a half, that's the longest installation for me, usually it was around the 6 month mark.
still going fast, still top banana speed, love W7, will stick to it for as long as humanly possible, i hate useless start buttons.
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#4609831 Posted on: 06/02/2013 05:10 AM
Start Menu 8 is totally free from iobit and it rocks
Start Menu 8 is totally free from iobit and it rocks
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#4609861 Posted on: 06/02/2013 06:42 AM
Personally having that start button or not won't affect me since I'm already used to the Start Screen and have been using Windows 8 as intended lol.
deltatux
Personally having that start button or not won't affect me since I'm already used to the Start Screen and have been using Windows 8 as intended lol.
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#4609868 Posted on: 06/02/2013 07:08 AM
.... because if you read a single paragraph you would have seen that the start button simply opens 'metro'.
@year; i got you beat, 1/22/2011 for myself
..why would it matter? They wouldn't exactly be needed at that point ya know...
.... because if you read a single paragraph you would have seen that the start button simply opens 'metro'.
@year; i got you beat, 1/22/2011 for myself
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#4609964 Posted on: 06/02/2013 12:47 PM
I only use the start menu for searching for stuff anyway and I think the w8 start search is at least as good as w7 if not better.
Usually I launch programs by just pressing start and then type a few letters... enter and that's it.
I don't even see the start menu that often.
I only use the start menu for searching for stuff anyway and I think the w8 start search is at least as good as w7 if not better.
Usually I launch programs by just pressing start and then type a few letters... enter and that's it.
I don't even see the start menu that often.
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#4609992 Posted on: 06/02/2013 01:39 PM
.... because if you read a single paragraph you would have seen that the start button simply opens 'metro'.
@year; i got you beat, 1/22/2011 for myself
Because to be honest it doesn't bug me, I've been using Windows 8 for months without a start button. I got used to it. GASP!
.... because if you read a single paragraph you would have seen that the start button simply opens 'metro'.
@year; i got you beat, 1/22/2011 for myself
Because to be honest it doesn't bug me, I've been using Windows 8 for months without a start button. I got used to it. GASP!
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#4610016 Posted on: 06/02/2013 02:28 PM
Don't see the point in everyone going form Win 7 to Win 8, only to get that Start 8 and what not, just so they can turn it back into 7, should have just stuck with 7 in the first place.
Don't see the point in everyone going form Win 7 to Win 8, only to get that Start 8 and what not, just so they can turn it back into 7, should have just stuck with 7 in the first place.
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#4610162 Posted on: 06/02/2013 06:34 PM
How special, another 'I don't use the startmenu so everyone else shouldn't either, rather I want to suck the teet of a multinational corporation and needlessly defend them for whatever reason'.
As fine as that logic is, it's still a good question to ask if software like Start8 will still work since 8.1 does not do what it does (and if it does not, then I'm sure stardock will update it).
I think Windows 8 and now the Xbone makes it pretty evident MS is very out of touch with the populace.
Because to be honest it doesn't bug me, I've been using Windows 8 for months without a start button. I got used to it. GASP!
How special, another 'I don't use the startmenu so everyone else shouldn't either, rather I want to suck the teet of a multinational corporation and needlessly defend them for whatever reason'.
As fine as that logic is, it's still a good question to ask if software like Start8 will still work since 8.1 does not do what it does (and if it does not, then I'm sure stardock will update it).
I think Windows 8 and now the Xbone makes it pretty evident MS is very out of touch with the populace.
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totally useless function just to 'please' people half-heartedly...