Google is working to bring the App Menu to the Windows taskbar and that's probably not entirely coincidental, now that Microsoft has removed
the traditional start menu from the recently launched Windows 8.
It has both
the traditional Start Menu towards left and place to pin apps towards right so that it goes well with touch also.
If you really love
the traditional Start menu, Start button replacements are being updated so they work with Windows 8.
Start8 has been updated, so you can still install Start8 on Windows 8.1 to get
the traditional start menu back.
If Microsoft hadn't removed
the traditional Start menu and added a new interface, we'd all be considering Windows 8's desktop an upgrade.
We understand that the button will act as a method to simply access the Start Screen, and will not include
the traditional Start Menu.
Windows 8 introduces the Start Screen instead of
the traditional Start Menu, which most Windows users have been used too, for years and years!
Accessory makers have attempted to ease the situation, but Microsoft has faced pressure from businesses and desktop users for options to suppress the Start Screen or bring back
the traditional Start Menu and Start button UI.
In an interview with PC Pro, the company has revealed that telemetry data was a big part of the decision to scrap the Start button and
traditional Start menu in Windows 8.
Although
the traditional Start menu and Start button has been removed from Windows 8, the majority of functionality remains in the new operating system.
Not exact matches
When it
started, it offered a more
traditional Chinese
menu.
Click the
Start button at the lower left of the desktop to bring up the
Start menu — command central for
traditional PC users.
Launch both
traditional desktop programs and new Windows 8 modern applications directly from the the
Start Menu.
Windows 10 gives users more choices between using the
Start Screen (ideal for tablets and touch - screen devices) and the
Start Menu (better suited for PCs and
traditional laptops).
These replacements promise to recreate the look, feel, and functionality of the
traditional Windows
Start menu.
Microsoft's Terry Myerson announced that live tiles would be coming to
traditional Windows 8.1 desktops, and would even make an appearance in the
start menu.
The new
Start Menu helps ease the divide between the
traditional Windows UI and Microsoft's vision of touch - friendly future.
With Windows 8, Microsoft replaced the
traditional desktop and concept of the
Start Menu with a full - screen «
Start Screen».
Additionally, the revamped Guide on Xbox now looks like the
traditional Windows
Start menu, and it allows for rapid screen recording, image capture, and live streaming to Beam.
You can: view the
traditional vertical
menu and a tiled
menu side by side; access your most used and recently added apps; choose which folders appear; and switch between the standard
Start menu and the fully tiled
Start screen.
The new
Start menu combines the
traditional apps of the older Windows and the modern apps and Live Tiles of Windows 8 in its interface.
Fast Launcher is nice replacement for
traditional Windows» Quick Launch panel and
Start menu.
However, the new
Start menu is actually more like a miniaturized version of Windows 8's
Start screen than the
traditional pop - up list of icons and folders from Windows 7 and earlier versions of the OS.
The
Start menu is similar to what Microsoft demoed at Build 2014 in early April, featuring
traditional Windows
menu elements but also Metro - styled apps.