Microsoft Will Soon Bring Back The Start Menu In Windows 8.1

[Prorootect]

Microsoft Will Soon Bring Back The Start Menu In Windows 8.1 : on techcrunch.com : http://techcrunch.com/2014/04/02/microsoft-will-soon-bring-back-the-start-menu-in-windows-8-1/
Microsoft’s Terry Myerson today announced that Microsoft is “all-in” with the desktop. Indeed, while he wasn’t quite ready to announce Windows 9, he did show off how Windows 8.1 will soon get a new version of the beloved Start menu back.
When Microsoft removed the Start menu, quite a few of its users were upset, and this move did indeed make Windows 8.1 harder to use for many. The new Start menu will combine live tiles and other Metro-influenced UI elements, as well as most of the features still available in the Windows 7 menu.
In the future, all of Microsoft’s Universal Windows apps will also run in a window. That sounds like the company is backing off a bit from its Metro interface on the desktop.
It’s unclear when exactly Microsoft will launch these features, though. As far as we are aware, it will take another update to Windows 8.1 and it’s unclear when exactly this will happen.

From comments:
'they should have just included this as part of Update 1 next week.. The quicker they do this, the better for Windows 8 reputation.'

 

[Mateotis]

Interesting. I did not particularly miss the Start menu, but I know many people did. Good to know MS finally listened to them!

 

[SifhX]

Okay, thats a good move from Microsoft but after that, what new story 8haters will tell us ?

 

[Littlebits]

All of these users who took their time learning metro just wasted their time since metro will probably be discontinued and integrated into the Desktop with the Start Menu back as the navigation. Sometimes a new way of doing things is just not better than the old way especially when it causes a product to flop.

Enjoy!!

 

[Oxygen]

They are too late.... There are many programs to replace the start menu in windows 8.

 

[SifhX]

They are too late.... There are many programs to replace the start menu in windows 8.

Not really late , they are splitting Windows 8 for both Touch and Desktop users , they are fixing their mistakes by listening feedbacks from users

 

[3link9]

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2138443/rejoice-the-start-menu-is-coming-back-to-windows.html
You heard right, devout desktop lovers: The Start menu is coming back to Windows, Microsoft operating system head Terry Myerson announced at Build on Wednesday.

The details are hazy, aside from the fact that it's going to be pushed to all Windows 8.1 users as an update at some point in the future. But it's a-coming—though it's not quite the Start menu you're familiar with. Beyond the traditional mouse-friendly features, the Windows 8.1 Start menu will be crammed with Live Tiles, along with the ability to find and install Microsoft's universal Windows apps, also announced Wednesday.

But the desktop friendliness doesn't end there: Those new universal Windows apps, which scale across PCs, tablets, and phones, will be able to run inside windows on the traditional Windows desktop. Both the Start menu and windowed Metro apps appear in the screenshot above.

Your prayers haven't quite been answered, PC fans, but Microsoft is definitely listening to your concerns—and it's bending over backward to create a Windows that mashes its touch-tastic, cloud-connected vision of the future together with the keyboard and mouse that the PC faithful know and love.

The compromises begin when the mouse-friendly Windows 8.1 Update hits on April 8, though it's unknown when the Start Menu and windowed Metro apps will push out as a feature.

 

[BoraMurdar]

I have merged the topic...

 

[3link9]

I have merged the topic...

Thanks! didn't noticed it was posted already

 

[Rahadian Putra]

Well, that sounds interesting, I wonder how W8 haters will response since most of them complaining due start menu problem

 

[Dee]

That is good news. We are creatures of habit and some things just stick.

 

[Ink]

I switched from Windows XP SP3 to my beloved iPad Air, and had no problems with the different GUI. It was easy as pie, the icons were right there. Tap and it opened. I tried Windows 8 and couldn't get used to the iOS-styled Start Screen, it was so difficult to get used to.

Just saying..

 

[BoraMurdar]

I switched from Windows XP SP3 to my beloved iPad Air, and had no problems with the different GUI. It was easy as pie, the icons were right there. Tap and it opened. I tried Windows 8 and couldn't get used to the iOS-styled Start Screen, it was so difficult to get used to.

Just saying..

Is your laptop touch-enabled?