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Microsoft Killed the Start Menu Because No One Uses It

Posted by Unknown on from the apple-responds-with-stop-menu dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Microsoft recently killed the Start Menu, and their explanation for it seems fairly straightforward: no one used it. This may be a bit of an exaggeration, but Microsoft explains that use of the Start menu dipped by 11 percent between Windows Vista and Windows 7, with many specialized Start functions — such as exploring pictures — declining as much as 61 percent."

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  1. Launchy did it for me by Mean+Variance · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Once I started using Launchy that pretty much took away my need for the Start button.

    Launchy plus the Quick Launch toolbar (for Windows XP) pretty much does the job.

    Once in awhile I go to Start and am surprised by how much stuff I have installed.

  2. Re:This is like GM removing the spare in trunk by tunapez · · Score: 4, Interesting

    So much easier to keep people inside a walled garden if there are no doors or ladders. It's called behavioral shaping and it is much more profitable when your customers' options are limited and locked.

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