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For people complaining that "Start" isn't a great choice, perhaps there's something better, but I can't think of anything. You need a small word that implies,
by ConceptJunkie 4mo ago
For people complaining that "Start" isn't a great choice, perhaps there's something better, but I can't think of anything. You need a small word that implies, "Click here to do something or find something." and in that regard, I think "Start" is a good choice.
On the other hand, I think there were few ideas worse than "My Computer", etc., not the least of which is the fact that it took Windows application software about 10 years to get consistently good at handling paths with spaces in their names.
Of course, the worst UI thing Microsoft ever did was hiding file extensions by default. That might be the worst UI decision in all of history.
- al_borland 4mo ago> That might be the worst UI decision in all of history. The Windows 8 touch-first start menu with a hot corner instead of a button, applied to their Server OS, that I assume most accessed through RDP was pretty horrific.
- ranger_danger 3mo ago> the worst UI thing Microsoft ever did was hiding file extensions Highly disagree... that was not a snap decision and they did a lot of research on it. The vast majority of people were only further confused by extensions, and preferred file names to appear more natural. This was also done before the days of widespread use of the internet, email, or viruses/malware. What research have you done that might suggest a large number of people would agree that it was a bad decision?