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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 Grishnakh on Wednesday June 04 2014, @07:09PM

    by Grishnakh (2831) on Wednesday June 04 2014, @07:09PM (#51302)

    It's also not like desktop users are going to switch to something besides Windows.

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  • (Score: 2) by frojack on Wednesday June 04 2014, @07:33PM

    by frojack (1554) on Wednesday June 04 2014, @07:33PM (#51312) Journal

    That is already happening, and the Windows 8 user interface is as responsible for that as anything else.

    Windows loss is Apple's gain [appleinsider.com], and they are making significant inroads into the ever shrinking desktop market.

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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by emg on Wednesday June 04 2014, @07:44PM

    by emg (3464) on Wednesday June 04 2014, @07:44PM (#51317)

    We've switched to Linux, though I keep one Windows machine around for games and another for iTunes. I know other people who've switched to Macs, and others who used to use Windows laptops but now use iPads or Android tablets.