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"Does Microsoft need to force-feed us a not-so-good version of Windows before we can get something better?" Am I the only one that remembers the hate from the

"Does Microsoft need to force-feed us a not-so-good version of Windows before we can get something better?" Am I the only one that remembers the hate from the Windows XP start menu?

MartinCron 13y ago
The now-beloved Windows XP interface that people called childish at its introduction? You're not the only one. Although in fairness, moving from the lower-saturation Windows 7 to an XP VM was shocking all over again. So many colors!
- Consultant32452 13y ago
  I remember the XP start button being called childish because it utilized a color scheme straight out of the Playskool toy section. It wasn't the functionality of the start button at all. We had been happily using the start button since.. win95?
  - sliverstorm 13y ago
    I definitely heard a number of people complain about how it was organized. I forget exactly what the complaints were though.
    - MartinCron 13y ago
      The XP start menu was different in that there were high-profile things "pinned" to the top of the menu and then other things were under the "All Programs". Also, the icons were much larger than the Windows95/98/ME/2000 start menu.
blakesterz 13y ago
There was hate for the XP Start Menu? I remember everyone loving that. Don't recall any hate, maybe I missed it.
- rayiner 13y ago
  See: http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r3054233-Those-who-call-XP-s-interface-Fisher-Price http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r3054233-Those-who-call-XP-s...
  - TillE 13y ago
    Sure, people made fun of XP's default theme for its superficial look. The complaints about Metro, however, are almost entirely about functionality.
- danielweber 13y ago
  I got called out for using the "Start" button by a coworker, "I'd never seen anyone actually use it." But it was, quite appropriately, the 'start' of a bunch of keyboard macros my fingers had memorized.
daigoba66 13y ago
Yes. And if I recall correctly they offered a very simple to activate "classic" theme which effectively made it identical to Win2k/Win98. Win8 offers no such accommodation.

"Does Microsoft need to force-feed us a not-so-good version of Windows before we can get something better?" Am I the only one that remembers the hate from the Windows XP start menu?

MartinCron 13y ago

The now-beloved Windows XP interface that people called childish at its introduction? You're not the only one. Although in fairness, moving from the lower-saturation Windows 7 to an XP VM was shocking all over again. So many colors!

Consultant32452 13y ago
I remember the XP start button being called childish because it utilized a color scheme straight out of the Playskool toy section. It wasn't the functionality of the start button at all. We had been happily using the start button since.. win95?
- sliverstorm 13y ago
  I definitely heard a number of people complain about how it was organized. I forget exactly what the complaints were though.
  - MartinCron 13y ago
    The XP start menu was different in that there were high-profile things "pinned" to the top of the menu and then other things were under the "All Programs". Also, the icons were much larger than the Windows95/98/ME/2000 start menu.

blakesterz 13y ago

There was hate for the XP Start Menu? I remember everyone loving that. Don't recall any hate, maybe I missed it.

rayiner 13y ago
See: http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r3054233-Those-who-call-XP-s-interface-Fisher-Price http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r3054233-Those-who-call-XP-s...
- TillE 13y ago
  Sure, people made fun of XP's default theme for its superficial look. The complaints about Metro, however, are almost entirely about functionality.
danielweber 13y ago
I got called out for using the "Start" button by a coworker, "I'd never seen anyone actually use it." But it was, quite appropriately, the 'start' of a bunch of keyboard macros my fingers had memorized.

daigoba66 13y ago

Yes. And if I recall correctly they offered a very simple to activate "classic" theme which effectively made it identical to Win2k/Win98. Win8 offers no such accommodation.