14 DAY TRIAL // The Start menu will be back in Windows sometime in the near future, Microsoft announced on the stage floor of BUILD 2014, but it turns out that users no longer want such a feature in their operating system.
Redmond decided to remove the Start menu in Windows 8 in order to aggressively promote its new touch-optimized Start screen and although consumers heavily criticized it for such a dramatic change, company executives said with every single occasion that getting used to the new Start screen was just a matter of time.
It appears that this time has arrived as many of our readers told us on Facebook that a Start menu wasn’t needed to get things done on modern Windows, even though the software giant seems fully prepared to return this feature to the operating system.
Microsoft has admitted at BUILD 2014 that the familiarity of its operating system on desktop computers is something that needs to be addressed as soon as possible, so the return of the Start menu is just another step to do this, after the Start button was brought back in Windows.
Users, however, do not agree and claim that third-party apps are already doing this very well, while many claim that the Start screen is a proper replacement anyway.
Here are a few comments that our readers have posted in the last few hours:
“You have got to be kidding me. We don't need to move backwards. Hell no.”
“Windows 8/8.1 would have been a big success if they had not taken it out to start with, the customer should always have been given the choice whether to use or not.”
“NO NO NO NO NO...We don't want a Start menu...”
“Just use the MANY Start menu alternatives out there (lot of them free), and don't wait for Microsoft to make a move.”
Others, however, think that bringing back the Start menu in Windows is a good idea, but call for the company to restore the full functionality of Windows 7 and even reintroduce Aero and get rid of the flat look.
Of course, there are users who see this as a big victory, as the Start menu comeback is more or less Microsoft’s very own way of saying that consumers were right and keeping such a feature on the desktop makes sense.
The Start menu is expected to be here in the coming months via an update for Windows 8.1, but the company might very well wait until the launch of Windows 9 to reintroduce it.