14 DAY TRIAL // Rumor has it that Microsoft is working on a reinvented Start button that could hit shelves by this summer as part of the new Windows 8.1 operating system, a major upgrade for the flagship Windows 8.
While many users applauded Microsoft’s decision to relaunch this utterly-popular feature in Windows, word is that the tech giant is actually developing a different Start button. One that wouldn’t launch a Start button, but instead would get users to the same confusing and often criticized Start Screen.
The decision pretty much makes sense for the Softies.
The tech giant would basically prove everyone that it’s listening to customer feedback by bringing back the Start button, while also forcing people to use its new Start Screen.
Microsoft executives have never said that the company wouldnn’t bring back the Start button, they’ve always pointed to the Start Menu. In case the company brings back the Start button, it will basically kill all chances to reintroduce a Start Menu in a future Windows upgrade.
Users, on the other hand, said Microsoft would be right back on track with a Start button. Since it turns out that this Windows 8.1 feature will actually be just a shortcut for the Start Screen, don’t be too surprised if many customers will actually be disappointed with the new OS and stick to the same familiar and very popular Windows 7.
At this point, many of our readers think that such a feature will make no difference without a Start Menu, but admit that a quick way to bypass the Start Screen and boot directly to desktop would come in very handy.
Third-party developers are probably delighted with Microsoft’s choice to abandon the idea of a Start Menu in Windows 8. At this point, third-party Start Menu apps are enjoying a terrific success, so a full-featured Start button in future Windows versions would basically shut down their businesses.