nsane.forums Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 We take a look at some of the Start menu alternatives for Windows 8.With Christmas now long behind us, one or two of you may well have been lucky enough to find a shiny new Windows 8 PC under the tree. After cleaning off the crapware, it's time to use the thing, and that means digging into the new user interface.The Windows 8 user interface has many Windows users divided. The chief complaints are that Windows 8 has no Start button and that it has no Start menu, only the (full-screen, Metro-styled) Start screen. Secondary to these is the complaint that Windows 8 shows the Start screen immediately after logging in, rather than showing the desktop as prior versions of Windows have done. Getting to the desktop takes an extra click.To address the unfamiliarity and (perceived) problems with the Windows 8 UI, a number of third-party applications have popped up to provide a Start menu, or some approximation thereof, and a Start button for Windows 8 users. They also pull some kind of trickery to switch directly to the desktop upon logging in.Some of these applications are new, motivated entirely by Windows 8's supposed "shortcomings"—Stardock's Start8, StartIsBack, and RetroUI all share this characteristic. Others are new versions of old apps. Classic Shell was originally a project to reinstate the Windows XP Start menu on Windows Vista and Windows 7 (among other things); it now has some Windows 8-specific functionality. Pokki is an application runtime, launcher, and marketplace; in its latest iteration it too jumps on the Start screen replacement bandwagon.If you can't stomach the lack of menu and button in Windows 8 or just don't fancy the support and training overheads that come from rolling out a new user interface to users familiar with Windows 7 or older, one of these apps might be the ideal solution.2 paged article continued at source link below.View: Original Article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASIO Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 use this http://www.nsanedown.com/?request=163140615 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ganxxta Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 Use Windows 7=Problem solved Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mara- Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 I lot of false info in this article. StartIsBack is not $3 per licence, it's for 2 licences. Start8 does not use Windows code like StartIsBack, it's an emulation, where StartIsBask is a real thing.Cheers ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edwardecl Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 People pay for a start menu... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olexijl Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 People pay for a start menu...That was exactly my thoughts when i installed Win8 in my VMware Workstation.However the function cannot be recovered - so i paid for Start8, coz i use Stardock products anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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