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Windows 9 Start menu?

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Looks like they have sorted the start menu from this preview build. Hopefully something like it will be the final version. Looks promising to me!
 
Functionally it looks that they've done that everyone wanted, all the complaints are about the aesthetics which will be the last thing to get updated so we'll have to see how that goes. However I don't think Microsoft has to worry that businesses won't adopt 9 because of the lack of built-in Aero glass effects.
 
Yeah, businesses won't adopt it for other reasons, like no improvement over Windows 7 and fear of retraining. The IT staff will hate it because everything that should be easy to get to is hidden under layers of "Microsoft still believes that a desktop OS is a tablet OS".

How butt-ugly it is is only a secondary concern.
 
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Butt ugly has been used to describe the Windows UI by plenty of folks forever so the accusation is a bit meaningless. I wouldn't expect businesses that have recently done 7 migrations to move to 9. Those on still on XP and planning a migration will probably be very interested in 9 since 7 will be 6 years old by the time 9 hits RTM.

There's a long way to go with all of this, we certainly haven't seen everything in a few screenshots video clips of an unfinished product. But if this UI represents the basic idea, I don't see anything that would be so unfamiliar to Windows desktop users that would require anymore training on the end user UI side than moving from XP to 7.

My guess is that this will do significantly better than 8. And depending on how upgrades are priced, could be even more quickly adopted than 7. At least initially, I bet this is going to be a free upgrade to Windows 8.x users. Not sure about 7 users though, but if it's not free the upgrade price will pretty low.
 
I am also tired of hearing people say its ugly, MS has a team of people who are versed in popular design and art trends. After windows metro every other company including google and apple adopted flat looks. Maybe the reality is you people are just so stuck in your moms basement you have not realized that their has been a change in style in the last 10 years.

If it bothers you so much done worry because style is always changing and their will be new updates in windows 10 or 11 for whatever color or style is popular at that point in time.
 
I'm just glad about a native start menu that is familiar at least. I'm sure this had been said to death, but the windows 8 ui app start screen has no practicality for me. The style looked nice though. This new I looks to have elements of both and balanced.
 
Looks neat. I think they are going in the right direction. But I keep in mind that Windows 8 Technical Preview and Windows 8 release changed quite a bit regarding Start.

I expect Windows 9 preview and release to continue changing.

That said, wow, what has really changed in 2 years since 8 came out, other than the new Start Menu? Otherwise it looks almost the same as 8. I don't expect that the core Windows engineering team were the ones writing a Metro Calculator.
 
bigdogchris said:
That said, wow, what has really changed in 2 years since 8 came out, other than the new Start Menu? Otherwise it looks almost the same as 8. I don't expect that the core Windows engineering team were the ones writing a Metro Calculator.
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I think what we're seeing here is functionally how it will end up as this is what Microsoft said it was going to do back at Build in April and it's consistent with all of the reputable rumor mills. There will be some new aesthetics that are missing from these leaks probably.

Virtual desktops is a pretty major new in the box feature: http://www.neowin.net/news/windows-9-virtual-desktops-get-a-video-tour.
 
bigdogchris said:
Looks neat. I think they are going in the right direction. But I keep in mind that Windows 8 Technical Preview and Windows 8 release changed quite a bit regarding Start.

I expect Windows 9 preview and release to continue changing.

That said, wow, what has really changed in 2 years since 8 came out, other than the new Start Menu? Otherwise it looks almost the same as 8. I don't expect that the core Windows engineering team were the ones writing a Metro Calculator.
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I'd expect plenty of major engineering changes under the hood. Regardless of what forum posters might think, Start Screen/Metro is a minor issue when it comes to engineering effort, its just a UI/political decision. MS has some of the best engineers around and they weren't sitting twiddling their thumbs or wondering what kind of Metro icon to make.
 
Wow hasn't virtual desktop already been on a lot of linux distros for ages? Certainly Lubuntu has had it for a while.

I think with the slowing down of computer hardware improvements there is going to be a lot less need to upgrade to new os versions than there has been in the past.
 
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I will buy it and I will love it, if only to spite all the eventual haters that are going to pop up on here. Seriously though, I think it does look nice. 7's functionality with 8's looks. Works for me.
 
[U]ber|Noob;1041089736 said:
Wow hasn't virtual desktop already been on a lot of linux distros for ages? Certainly Lubuntu has had it for a while.
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They've been around since the mid 90s I think, if not earlier. I've never heard of a linux system without the workspaces feature, though it often isn't enabled by default. Even back then, ram was cheaper than another monitor and took up less space on your desktop :p. I can't believe it took Windows that long to implement workspaces.
 
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