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For Windows 8 Users, Stardock Revives the Start Menu

Posted by timothy on from the best-place-to-end-your-session dept.

jones_supa writes "By reinventing the Start Menu in Windows 8, Microsoft has caused some resistance to the new Start Screen. For those longing for the classic way of doing things, Stardock comes to rescue. The Start8 is a piece of software which replicates the functionality of the button and menu found in previous versions of Windows. Supported is starting applications, the Run and Shutdown features, and search."

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  1. Re:Microsoft position by Missing.Matter · · Score: -1, Troll

    Metro (Not metrosexual. You should be modded troll just for that) is a design language, not a commitment to any specific UI. The new xbox dashboard, xbox.com, microsoft.com, Zune desktop software are all Microsoft products that use the Metro design that are not meant for touch screens. In particular, the Zune software is an example of a great metro app that isn't meant for touch screen, but could be used on one easily. From all indications, the new Office suite will feature a Metro UI, and those applications certainly work well with mouse/keyboard.