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Luckily for Microsoft, Windows 8 failure really comes down to the lack of the Start button on a desktop screen. If it were there, everyone would've just skipped
by huhtenberg 13y ago
Luckily for Microsoft, Windows 8 failure really comes down to the lack of the Start button on a desktop screen. If it were there, everyone would've just skipped the fancy tiled screen, went straight to the desktop and got an improved W7 experience.
Windows 8.1 puts the button back, so the adoption rates should climb back up and rather quickly.
- mythz 13y agoThe Start Button isn't back, it's the same lose-context-and-switch-to-Metro B.S. that was in the first version. So instead of activating the hot corner, there's now a prominent button where the Start button was, but it still takes you to a disjointed (touch-friendly) desktop that many wish could be disabled entirely.
- michaelt 13y agoTo be fair, Windows isn't the only desktop environment to throw away old interface designs and adopt new ones that many wish could be disabled. Not saying it's a good (or bad) think in either case (as I don't know) but it's certainly not a unique-to-microsoft thing.