the only plausible explanation I can think of to removing the start button is - "After 20+ years of habitual usage we think its time you stop taking an emotive dependency on the bottom left".
Kind of like a UX intervention by Microsoft and filled with Tough Love responses. .. They need a "I'm addicted to the bottom left" start button hotline though. It's where consumers can call in and find local StartButton Anonymous meetings whilst also potentially finding more sponsors to help them should they get a craving post adoption. It's still a bold move though. I mean if you're going to pick a fight you pick a fight and with the combination of Win8 anti-Win-UI-look-alike they have going is one shock to the system but then to follow through with a removal of the start button haymaker? ... Heir Steve.S has das some ballz. --- Regards, Scott Barnes http://www.riagenic.com On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 10:11 AM, Bill McCarthy < bill.mccarthy.li...@live.com.au> wrote: > The start button should be on the desktop taskbar. There is absolutely no > benefit in removing it. They've definitely got that part wrong. > > The start screen itself is a nice concept, and I think it can make a good > start menu replacement, but it needs a lot more features to give back the > features it is meant to replace. The first I would say is have collapsed > application groups as a single tile, eg I could have a single tile called > "Microsoft Office", press on that to expand to show all the office tiles. > Without something like this the screen will become a mess once you install > all today's current apps from a working desktop environment. > > And as previously said, Documents, and Recent need to be there as well. > It's ridiculous that in win 7 they brought out jump lists only to now > abandon them. > > > > |-----Original Message----- > |From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet- > |boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of David Connors > |Sent: Friday, 8 June 2012 9:50 AM > |To: ozDotNet > |Subject: Re: Win8 Release Preview > | > |On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 9:45 AM, Bill McCarthy > <bill.mccarthy.li...@live.com.au> > |wrote: > | > | > | By hybrid I mean allow metro apps to run in sizeable windows, allow > new > | navigation screens to be popups (modal or not). Ideally the > developer > |should > | just have to set a couple of attributes and the same metro app that > runs > | full screen could easily switch to running with/in windows > | > | > | > |Yep - agree. That really is the solution. > | > |Similarly, they could just put the start button back and make the metro > home > |screen thing pop up in a 1024x768 or whatever window/menu instead of > taking > |away your entire workspace and filling your screen with crap you'll never > run. Not > |sure I need "Digital Certificate for VBA Projects" front and centre... > ever. > | > |-- > |David Connors > |da...@connors.me > > >
