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Re:Microsoft Will Soon Bring Back The Start Menu In Windows 8.1 by leddt on Wednesday April 02, 2014 @02:50PM (#7518012)
The main complaint I think is the context switch. You go from desktop-world to metro-land and back again.

I think the new update will go a LONG way to reduce (or eliminate) these problems. The other major enhancement in my opinion is they made the taskbar accessible from metro apps.

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Re:Microsoft Will Soon Bring Back The Start Menu In Windows 8.1 by giulianob on Wednesday April 02, 2014 @03:05PM (#7518134)
You can now set the Metro background to the same background as the desktop. It's a small detail that has made the experience much less jarring for me.
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Re:Microsoft Will Soon Bring Back The Start Menu In Windows 8.1 by adamwong246 on Wednesday April 02, 2014 @02:56PM (#7518059)
Yeah. 2 totally different experiences in one OS? That reeks of design-by-committee.
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