They had already ruined it in XP. ;) The start menu from Windows 98, when they introduced the ability to move and reorder items by drag and drop, is great – as

They had already ruined it in XP. ;) The start menu from Windows 98, when they introduced the ability to move and reorder items by drag and drop, is great – assuming you do a bit of manual reorganization of the mess of a structure that application installers create by default. The one-dimensional layout is easier to scan (visually) and easier to aim at with the mouse (since you only have to aim carefully in one dimension), I find, than the two-dimensional designs in XP, Vista and 7. Windows 7 removed the option for the "classic start menu", so the need for these third-party replacements is nothing new for those of us who preferred it.