Re:The best icon is a text label
by TazeTSchnitzel on Saturday December 19, 2015 @01:14AM
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The Start button may not be brilliant, but it came about through actual usability studies. Having just the one button drastically reduced the time it took people to find things.
Re:The best icon is a text label
by Dylan16807 on Friday December 18, 2015 @11:02PM
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But you only have to learn it once. Just like the hamburger.
Start button is where you go to start a program. Hamburger button is where you go when you've tried everything else.. I.e. It's a placeholder for random stuff which is why it's bad design.
> Start button is where you go to start a program.
Or to shut down the computer.
Re:The best icon is a text label
by Dylan16807 on Saturday December 19, 2015 @05:03AM
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Start button is where you go to initiate an action.
I hate this joke.
> Or to shut down the computer.
That should be "Start to shut down the computer". (grin)
> Probably the best thing Microsoft could have done back then was make a little pseudo-video† walkthrough, showing people what's in the Start Menu and what happens when you click on a few of the items in there.
They did that. Windows 95 came with a whole bunch of tutorials. IIRC they worked like you describe. There was also the notorious "Tip of the day" via the welcome.exe.
Probably the best thing Microsoft could have done back then was make a little pseudo-video† walkthrough, showing people what's in the Start Menu and what happens when you click on a few of the items in there.
† What do you call a video stored as a sequence of automation triggers for software, rather than as pixels? Are you allowed to call it "machinima" if it's not a game?