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Barence writes "Microsoft claims it took the controversial decision to remove the Start button from the traditional Windows desktop because people had stopped using it. The lack of a Start button on the Windows 8 desktop has been one of the most divisive elements of the new user interface, and was widely assumed to have made way for the Metro Start screen.
However, In an interview with PC Pro, Chaitanya Sareen, principal program manager at Microsoft, said the telemetry gathered from Windows 7 convinced Microsoft to radically overhaul the Start menu because people were using the taskbar instead. "When we evolved the taskbar we saw awesome adoption of pinning [applications] on the taskbar," said Sareen. "We are seeing people pin like crazy. And so we saw the Start menu usage dramatically dropping, and that gave us an option. We’re saying 'look, Start menu usage is dropping, what can we do about it? What can we do with the Start menu to revive it, to give it some new identity, give it some new power?'""
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However, In an interview with PC Pro, Chaitanya Sareen, principal program manager at Microsoft, said the telemetry gathered from Windows 7 convinced Microsoft to radically overhaul the Start menu because people were using the taskbar instead. "When we evolved the taskbar we saw awesome adoption of pinning [applications] on the taskbar," said Sareen. "We are seeing people pin like crazy. And so we saw the Start menu usage dramatically dropping, and that gave us an option. We’re saying 'look, Start menu usage is dropping, what can we do about it? What can we do with the Start menu to revive it, to give it some new identity, give it some new power?'""
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I don't understand (Score:2)
I really don't understand why people are not realizing that the Metro overlay is just an enhanced Start menu?
Instead of clicking on a Start button and seeing popup of options, you drag your mouse into the corner and see a new full screen overlay.
The same core functionality of the Start button is all there. I you start typing the name of an app or content on your computer (you don't even have to look for a text box to type in), it immediately begins to search and filter content. Apps are organized by user