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Re:Microsoft Will Soon Bring Back The Start Menu In Windows 8.1 by Fuxy on Thursday April 03, 2014 @04:38AM (#7521614)
It's about time. Windows 8 with metro is decent on a touch screen but on a device not touch enabled it's a nightmare.

Not to mention those touchpad gestures.

Removing start from the desktop was the worst move ever in history.

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Re:Microsoft Will Soon Bring Back The Start Menu In Windows 8.1 by ryan-allen on Thursday April 03, 2014 @05:26AM (#7521757)
I agree, Metro on a small touch device is good, and being able to drop to the desktop to do "computer stuff" is awesome when you need it.

On a 27" desktop? Oh god, Metro is a nightmare. I've been using StartIsBack but I'm glad there'll be a properly sanctioned start menu soon. Hopefully it will lead to greater adoption of Win8, as besides that one major blunder, is not too bad at all!

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