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If its usable why did they bring back the start button again after initially removing it?

by sc90 13y ago

Mikeb85 13y ago
Because people whined about it. It was usable, you just had to get used to it. People hate change. My mom is a prime example - she found Chrome to be unusable because it wasn't 100% exactly the same as IE...
- josefresco 13y ago
  Couldn't agree more. Perfect modern example is when Facebook changes ... well just about anything. Users revolt, protest polls are held, and plugins are written to bring back the "old Facebook". However like always, users get over the change and their uproar and continue to use the product, eventually unaware that it was ever any different.
josefresco 13y ago
Reason: Tech "journalism" Once you show a normal Windows user where and how to get to the new start menu... they get it, and move on. The bloggers and writers for tech review sites however did not. They might have "got it" but they didn't move on, and MS had to buckle or suffer review after review that complained about the "missing" start button. Once you get over the newness, Windows 8 is just like 7 but that doesn't make for a very exciting or controversial review.
hack_37 13y ago
Because when you iterate on an existing product and you try to do something new you will always have people complaining about the new system and want the old system back, no matter how good the new one is. Some of them will be more vocal than others.
300bps 13y ago
It's obvious you haven't used Windows 8 and then Windows 8.1 because the "start button" is identical functionality wise in Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 and anyone that has used both knows it. In Windows 8, there was no button unless you scrolled the mouse to the lower-left of the screen. When you did that, a button that even was labeled "Start" showed up. When you clicked it, you were brought to what people commonly call the "metro" screen. In Windows 8.1, there is a permanent recognizable button with the picture of a Window on it in the lower-left of the screen. When you click it, you are brought to the "metro" screen. No functionality difference in the start button. The only people appeased are those that were looking for something to complain about.

If its usable why did they bring back the start button again after initially removing it?

by sc90 13y ago

If its usable why did they bring back the start button again after initially removing it?

Because people whined about it. It was usable, you just had to get used to it. People hate change. My mom is a prime example - she found Chrome to be unusable because it wasn't 100% exactly the same as IE...

josefresco 13y ago
Couldn't agree more. Perfect modern example is when Facebook changes ... well just about anything. Users revolt, protest polls are held, and plugins are written to bring back the "old Facebook". However like always, users get over the change and their uproar and continue to use the product, eventually unaware that it was ever any different.

josefresco 13y ago

Reason: Tech "journalism" Once you show a normal Windows user where and how to get to the new start menu... they get it, and move on. The bloggers and writers for tech review sites however did not. They might have "got it" but they didn't move on, and MS had to buckle or suffer review after review that complained about the "missing" start button. Once you get over the newness, Windows 8 is just like 7 but that doesn't make for a very exciting or controversial review.

hack_37 13y ago

Because when you iterate on an existing product and you try to do something new you will always have people complaining about the new system and want the old system back, no matter how good the new one is. Some of them will be more vocal than others.

300bps 13y ago

It's obvious you haven't used Windows 8 and then Windows 8.1 because the "start button" is identical functionality wise in Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 and anyone that has used both knows it. In Windows 8, there was no button unless you scrolled the mouse to the lower-left of the screen. When you did that, a button that even was labeled "Start" showed up. When you clicked it, you were brought to what people commonly call the "metro" screen. In Windows 8.1, there is a permanent recognizable button with the picture of a Window on it in the lower-left of the screen. When you click it, you are brought to the "metro" screen. No functionality difference in the start button. The only people appeased are those that were looking for something to complain about.