Ditching the Start button in Windows 8 is consistent with these broader trends. The Start button is something that people will use many times a day; it's an interface that will inevitably be learned.

Windows 8.1 (Blue) Start screen, with the same wallpaper as the Desktop When you click the Windows 8.1 Start button, you will jump to the Metro "All Apps" view, which is basically a list of every ...

Fear not though, the Start button functionality isn’t as dead as it seems. We have confirmed with sources close to Microsoft’s Windows 8 development that a hot corner has replaced the Start ...

Until its untimely (or timely) death, the Windows 8 start button located in the Metro UI offered access to the search, share, devices, and settings panels.

Instead, 8.1 will be an incremental update that builds on the Windows 8 interface and its Metro design, but does not replace it. As such, Windows 8.1 still has the Start screen. It is, however, a ...

If you're running Windows 8.1 today and want the Start menu back, take a look at our list of the best, least expensive, and most authentic Windows 8 Start menu replacements.

The Start Screen he’s referring to is the tile-based Windows 8 default screen that I mentioned earlier, pictured at right, with Microsoft's new the "Metro" interface.

Classic Shell is a favorite among Windows 8 users who have reverted back to the Windows 7-style Start menu, and is an open-source option that doesn't cost anything. It can mimic both the Windows 7 ...

With Windows Blue, a k a Windows 8.1, Microsoft is re-introducing a Start Button and adding a boot-straight-to-desktop option. Here's how these may work.

When users found out that Microsoft’s next version of Windows wouldn’t have a Start button, they panicked.Replaced in Windows 8 by the user interface formerly known as “Metro,” that tiny ...

[ More on Windows 8 from ITworld: Get ready for the Windows 8 Metro App Store lockdown ] ... Of the three products, this is the one that looks the least like to the start button in Windows 7.

Hands-on look at the new Windows 8 start button and task switcher. Skip to main content. The ... Bing Maps gets a new SDK for Metro style apps in Windows 8. Sam Byford Mar 7, 2012. Comment Icon ...