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I honestly don't understand much of the fuss regarding the removal of the start menu (replaced by the start screen). For one, I spend 99% of my time on the desk

I honestly don't understand much of the fuss regarding the removal of the start menu (replaced by the start screen). For one, I spend 99% of my time on the desktop (which is an app in the metro interface). This comes as no surprise, considering that people didn't spend much time on the start menu. Second, the start screen / metro is easier to use than the start menu. If an app isn't pinned to the dock, I press the windows key and start typing the name of the application. Then I press enter. The application starts. The Start screen / metro stays out of the way. There are improvements that can be made, sure, but it's not horrible. As a whole, Windows 8 provides better performance. Plus the upgrade was cheap ($15 for me).

raintrees 14y ago
I agree, having set up my first couple of systems for stand alone users and a Server 2012 with Remote Desktop Services for a group of users. As long as a keyboard is handy with the Windows Start key, no worries. Start Menu? Windows Start. Charms sidebar? Windows C. All Programs menu? Windows Z. Logout? Windows, click the login name, Log Out. The zones for the mouse/touch for the Start Menu and Charms sidebar a too sensitive, so I just show folks the Start key on the keyboard. The hardest part now is removing all of the cruft systems integrators are shoving into the Start Menu, especially if they are live-feed updated content - Just like remoting into a system that has yahoo.com or msn.com as the home page: I have to wait awhile before the UI is responsive again to a remote user. Can't have those flash-based ads slack in performance, can we?
ct 14y ago
I have like 10 frequently used apps that I had pinned to the start menu and launching them is a pain with having to search or if you pin them on the metro desktop its a lot of scrolling due to the large tiles. Plus there's a contextual switch that takes a user out of the zone with the entire screen switching especially when you have to close and open different apps constantly due to memory constraints, so that's a lot of jarring context switching.

raintrees 14y ago

I agree, having set up my first couple of systems for stand alone users and a Server 2012 with Remote Desktop Services for a group of users. As long as a keyboard is handy with the Windows Start key, no worries. Start Menu? Windows Start. Charms sidebar? Windows C. All Programs menu? Windows Z. Logout? Windows, click the login name, Log Out. The zones for the mouse/touch for the Start Menu and Charms sidebar a too sensitive, so I just show folks the Start key on the keyboard. The hardest part now is removing all of the cruft systems integrators are shoving into the Start Menu, especially if they are live-feed updated content - Just like remoting into a system that has yahoo.com or msn.com as the home page: I have to wait awhile before the UI is responsive again to a remote user. Can't have those flash-based ads slack in performance, can we?

ct 14y ago

I have like 10 frequently used apps that I had pinned to the start menu and launching them is a pain with having to search or if you pin them on the metro desktop its a lot of scrolling due to the large tiles. Plus there's a contextual switch that takes a user out of the zone with the entire screen switching especially when you have to close and open different apps constantly due to memory constraints, so that's a lot of jarring context switching.