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Windows Start Menu Won't Return Until 2015

posted by LaminatorX on Wednesday June 04 2014, @11:06AM   Printer-friendly
from the Interface-Resurrection dept.

Hugh Pickens writes:

Mary Jo Foley reports at ZDNet that according to sources who've had good track records on Windows information, Microsoft won't be delivering a new Start Menu for Windows 8 with its coming Windows 8.1 Update 2, after all. "Up until recently, Microsoft was hoping to make a new "Mini" Start Menu part of a second update to Windows 8.1," says Foley. "Windows 8.1 Update 2 was and still is, last I heard slated to arrive in August of this year." Microsoft's operating systems group has decided to hold off on delivering a Microsoft-developed Start Menu until Threshold, the next "major" release of Windows. Threshold, which may or may not ultimately be called Windows 9, is expected to be released in April 2015.

The original Windows 8 interface lacked the Start Menu, a familiar component of previous versions of the operating system, replacing it with the live tile-driven Start screen. Many users didn't like the change, and some PC manufacturers and developers offered ways to bring back versions of the old Start Menu. Microsoft appeared to relent at Build when it unveiled the revised Start Menu, enhanced with Windows Modern UI improvements.

 
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  • (Score: 4, Funny) by LookIntoTheFuture on Wednesday June 04 2014, @12:37PM

    by LookIntoTheFuture (462) on Wednesday June 04 2014, @12:37PM (#51061)

    "Outlook 2013 is the same; the screen is almost entirely white, with harsh, soviet upper case text."

    I think Microsoft has officially jumped the shark.

    HOME!!! SEND/RECEIVE!!! FOLDER!!! VIEW!!! PUKE!!!

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  • (Score: 2) by emg on Wednesday June 04 2014, @04:13PM

    by emg (3464) on Wednesday June 04 2014, @04:13PM (#51180)

    Lower case letters confuse users. They must be eliminated at all costs.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 04 2014, @05:06PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 04 2014, @05:06PM (#51221)

      Considering how many don't use capitalization, I think it is the other way around. No wonder grandma can't understand newer versions!

  • (Score: 2) by Grishnakh on Wednesday June 04 2014, @07:12PM

    by Grishnakh (2831) on Wednesday June 04 2014, @07:12PM (#51303)

    It's not just Outlook and other MS applications; Foxit Reader also has the Soviet appearance.

    • (Score: 1) by tftp on Wednesday June 04 2014, @08:22PM

      by tftp (806) on Wednesday June 04 2014, @08:22PM (#51337) Homepage

      Foxit Reader also has the Soviet appearance.

      There is an easy option to revert back to the sane interface. Foxit Software is in no position to [c]ram their products into throats of helpless users.