Jump lists and favorites easily accessible in this design

May 26, 2015 08:58 GMT  ·  By

When it comes to software design, it's almost impossible to please everyone, and Microsoft most likely knows it very well because, in the last few months, the company has received quite a lot of contradictory suggestions regarding the way its new Windows 10 should look.

This time, a post on UserVoice, one of the main feedback platforms used by Microsoft these days, proposes a new design for the Windows 10 Start menu, which the company overhauled in the new operating system with new animations, a new layout, and live tiles.

Jump lists and favorites would be easily accessible in the case of a design like this, the poster says, because they would be fully integrated into the Start menu and would feature the same options, such as size, blurred background, and a dark theme.

As you can see for yourselves, this approach would also bring Windows 10's Start menu closer to the one in Windows 7, thus scoring extra points for familiarity among PC users.

Quick access to PC settings

Another useful feature of this Start menu concept is the fact that PC settings can be accessed directly from the Start menu, so users don't have to manually open the settings window, navigate to the desired settings, and only then change options.

Favorites would also come in very handy to those who want to pin more items to the Start menu, thus giving them the option to access folders and files from the left side of the Start menu.

“A new optional list that can be enabled, which looks much like the Most Used list, letting you pin a few apps to the left side of the Start Menu. This can be used in conjunction with the tiles on the right, and also makes the Start Menu more useful when you have no tiles pinned,” the poster explains.

Needless to say, it's hard to believe that Microsoft would adopt such a dramatic change at the very last minute before the Windows 10 launch, but as always, good ideas are worth a look, so the company should really consider such an approach for future OS updates.