Commentary: The Windows 8 Start screen does offers certain benefits, but the good, old-fashioned Start menu is still the best way to access all your programs and settings. Lance Whitney is a freelance ...

If you’re frustrated by the lack of a Start menu on Windows 8 but want to move your experience forward rather than bring back the Start menu of yore, try Pokki. When Windows 8.1 ships tomorrow, the ...

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. One of the worst ...

Ever since Microsoft revealed that it will kill the classic Start menu in Windows 8, third-party developers have been cooking up ways to bring it back. SweetLabs, a San Diego-based start-up, is the ...

In what could be one of the more startling reversals since New Coke, a report released Monday claims that Microsoft will bring back a Windows 7-style Start menu to what is being called Windows 8.2.

Jensen Harris, who served as a Director for user experience (UX) at Microsoft, has been sharing tidbits of info about previous Windows versions and canned projects during his time there. Recently, he ...

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Changing the Windows Start Menu has always proven to be a controversial move, and no version has ever been universally accepted by users. From Windows XP dual-pane layout to Windows 8's tablet-like ...

Introduced with Windows 95, the 27-year history of the Windows Start Menu has been rife with tweaks and changes. Take the incorporation of Search, for example, which started with Windows Vista or ...