Thursday, May 30, 2013

Windows 8.1: Microsoft brings back the Start button with options to appease desktop users

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It's official. Microsoft is bringing back the Start button. While company executives have hinted at its return, and details leaked recently, Microsoft is now ready to talk Windows 8.1. The software giant will add the infamous button and a number of options to Windows 8.1 to appease desktop users in the upcoming update.


"One of the things we realised right after we shipped Windows 8, was that the start tip was the only place in our entire ecosystem in which we had something that takes you back to the Start Screen that didn't look like a Windows logo," explains Jensen Harris, director of the Windows User Experience Team at Microsoft. On the Charms bar there's a Windows logo, tablets have a Windows logo, and keyboards and mice even have...


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via The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2013/5/30/4376042/windows-8-1-start-button-desktop-improvements-features

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