Windows 8 more widely used than OS X, IE still on the rise

Re:Windows 8 more widely used than OS X, IE still on the rise by lutusp on Tuesday September 03, 2013 @10:03PM (#6325136)

> For all practical purposes, on a desktop the "tile" menu just replaces the start menu.

Yes, except that with the old "Start" menu, because it was hierarchical and because each item was much smaller, you could pack a lot more information into it than you can with a screen of tiles.

As things are unfolding, it seems we'll have both a tile display and a hierarchical tree behind the old "Start" button or some equivalent.

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Re:Windows 8 more widely used than OS X, IE still on the rise by numo16 on Wednesday September 04, 2013 @10:05AM (#6327622)

There actually is still a hierarchical tree in the start screen, it just defaults to your customizable pinned apps start screen. Right-click the start screen and hit the All Apps button in the lower corner for the traditional folder structure of the start menu (in smaller tile form, of course).

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Re:Windows 8 more widely used than OS X, IE still on the rise by sliverstorm on Tuesday September 03, 2013 @10:11PM (#6325160)

I never said it was better.

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