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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: 2) by Horse With Stripes on Wednesday June 04 2014, @05:08PM

    by Horse With Stripes (577) on Wednesday June 04 2014, @05:08PM (#51225)

    I do get it. I was simply addressing the OP's main complaint the Start menu. Windows 8, aka Steve B's Franken Child, tried and failed to force a completely redefined user experience on everybody (enterprise included) because they thought it would jump start their sorry assed phone sales. It was an Epic fail. I'm willing to bet the negative response that Windows 8 got on computers affected the sales of Windows Phone. "I hate this. Who would want a phone like this?"

    The dual personality of "sometimes you have to be in Metro (though we claim we never called it Metro), but other times you have to be in 'desktop mode' ..." was poorly thought out and the implementation was even worse. When I read or hear that I just need to use one of Windows 8's 'Charms' I can only respond "What charm? Windows 8 doesn't have any charm."

    Yes, I get it.

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