What is so strange to me is the power users that swear they don't mind the Metro desktop at all. I have been using Win / OSX / many LInux Distro's for years and I moved on to Linux Mint from ...

Furthermore, again according to insider sources, Windows 8.2 will introduce a "traditional desktop" SKU that is optimized for mouse-and-keyboard Desktop users and resurrects the original Start ...

In previous versions of Windows, the Start Menu was a fast way to find and launch programs . Microsoft killed it in Window 8, but if you're a fan of it, it's easy to get it back.

Pokki isn’t a flawless Start menu replacement, and it could use more hooks into the new Modern interface of Windows 8. I’d love a way to see Windows 8 notifications in the right pane, and to ...

Windows 8's Metro Start screen has elicited angry feedback from some users. ... making it even more efficient in Windows 8 to launch an app from the desktop relative to Windows 7.

Meanwhile, Windows 11 has gradually added a lot of touch gestures that make a bit more sense, but a lot of the UI still doesn't feel made for touchscreens, from the Start menu itself to File Explorer.

From getting back your Start menu to tweaking the Metro UI, here's how to play better with Windows 8 Although it isn’t even in beta, the Windows 8 Developer Preview edition is already getting ...

Until its untimely (or timely) death, the Windows 8 start button located in the Metro UI offered access to the search, share, devices, and settings panels. The Windows start button in the desktop ...

For those who dislike the new Windows 8 Start screen, Walt Mossberg has tested two third party plug-ins that bring the traditional Start menu back to the Windows 8 desktop. (Photo: SweetLabs, Inc.) ...

Necessary refinements aside (such as restoring the Start button for desktop users, which happened in Windows 8.1), one could argue that Windows 8 was ahead of its time, or "too much and too soon ...