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Re:Microsoft Will Soon Bring Back The Start Menu In Windows 8.1 by adamwong246 on Wednesday April 02, 2014 @03:01PM (#7518108)
I actually like this. By removing the tree structure of the traditional menu, you allow the machine to do it's best to populate the screen with tiles it predicts are useful. Instead of forcing everything into a specific box, let the OS conform to the users history.
Re:Microsoft Will Soon Bring Back The Start Menu In Windows 8.1 by vacri on Wednesday April 02, 2014 @05:18PM (#7519110)
This was a sizeable failure when they hid menu items in Office based on predictions on what the user wanted.
Re:Microsoft Will Soon Bring Back The Start Menu In Windows 8.1 by vertex-four on Wednesday April 02, 2014 @03:15PM (#7518206)
What? It never did that when I used it.
Re:Microsoft Will Soon Bring Back The Start Menu In Windows 8.1 by adamwong246 on Wednesday April 02, 2014 @03:22PM (#7518254)
Sorry forgot to mention that idea is a hypothetical use case.