The new start screen is actually perfect for spatial memory. Instead of an unordered list of programs on the start menu, you get a colorful matrix of icons you can size and arrange however you like. For those with lexical memory, hit the windows key and type a few letters and you're good to go. It's really the best of both worlds.

Unfortunately not for my purposes; my start menu is not unordered, it is dense, categorized and alphabetical - like this: http://imgur.com/XRAG1