nsane.forums Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 A new review of two Windows 8 Start menu programs, Stardock's Start8 and Pokki, states that the programs have now generated a combined total of eight million downloads.On Tuesday, Julie Larson-Green, the business head of Microsoft's Windows division, said that the company was considering adding a Start button to the next desktop version of Windows 8. A full fledged return to the Start menu does not appear to be in the cards. However, that should please third party software developers who have been highly successful in making Start menu replacements for Windows 8.AllThingsD.com reviewed two of the most popular Start menu apps for the OS this week: Stardock's $4.99 Start8 program and SweetLabs's free Pokki app. Both apps get good review marks but the more interesting thing is that the article has an update on their total downloads since the launch of Windows 8.Stardock CEO Brad Wardell told us recently that Start8 has seen over four million downloads, but the new review says that download number has now gone up to five million. In January, SweetLabs said that the Windows 8 version of Pokki had hit 1.5 million downloads. AllThingsD.com says that Pokki downloads have now reached the three million milestone.The bottom line is that these two Start menu programs alone have a combined total of eight million downloads since the launch of Windows 8. Microsoft recently announced that it had sold 100 million licenses of Windows 8. Even if all of those licenses were in fact active and working right now (which is unlikely) that still means eight percent of Windows 8 users have downloaded these two programs.Of course, there are even more Windows 8 Start menu replacements out there to download, such as ClassicShell, RetroUI, StartisBack and more. While many may want Microsoft to go all in with a full Start menu for Windows 8.1, the truth is that third party software companies have to be quietly thanking Microsoft for keeping the menu out of the desktop UI.View: Original Article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insanedown58 Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 They both look and feel amazing but I personally dislike Pokki because of the apps that I don't use. Other than that its a pretty darn good piece of a start button. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcs18 Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 If just these 2 Start Menu alternatives account for 8 million approximate downloads - then, one can only imagine the number of Windows 8 tryouts that would've taken place with the combined total of all the available Start Menu alternatives. :o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paft Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 Yeah, Pokki is pretty good I like the Facebook and Gmail notifications but everything else seems kind of pointless, but hey, that's just me.StartIsBack maybe be the best clone because it supports custom themes, Start8 doesn't If I remember correctly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcdzip2010 Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 StartIsBack :wub: :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irefay Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 Im with rcdzip2010 on this one. I tried the others out. Startisback is amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nIGHT Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 I told you before. Wind0ws 8 will benefits developers but, on the other hand, it will also pissed a lot of users. Don't get me wrong, the pissed users are those who have no patience to even install an alternative start menu replacements or even seek one. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted May 9, 2013 Administrator Share Posted May 9, 2013 I somehow feel StartisBack, the best one, is not that famous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest maut Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 I don't miss the Start Button at all... love Windows 8 Pro just as it is... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zuardin Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 startisback is the best :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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