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Re:Microsoft Will Soon Bring Back The Start Menu In Windows 8.1 by gagaga on Wednesday April 02, 2014 @03:04PM (#7518127)
As someone who has worked at Microsoft, I can tell you they spend thousands of hours on usability studies and the managers watch. Also there are countless readouts and documents summarizing the findings.

Microsoft spends an incredible amount of resources on usability studies.

Re:Microsoft Will Soon Bring Back The Start Menu In Windows 8.1 by throwawaymsft on Wednesday April 02, 2014 @07:16PM (#7519732)
Used to work at Microsoft too; the usability findings that agree with the existing strategy were kept, the ones that disagreed were ignored. They weren't taken seriously, and were slathered on after the product was 90% complete.
Re:Microsoft Will Soon Bring Back The Start Menu In Windows 8.1 by protonfish on Wednesday April 02, 2014 @03:11PM (#7518176)
Then they should probably ask for that money back.
Re:Microsoft Will Soon Bring Back The Start Menu In Windows 8.1 by acqq on Wednesday April 02, 2014 @05:38PM (#7519246)
Those who decided whom to pay to do the studies received exactly what they wanted. The support for their managerial decisions and the proof how smart they are.