Why Win8 to give up the Start button
win8 the launch to bring us more convenience, one of the most significant than cancel the Start button on the taskbar and Start menu.Many people have speculated that Microsoft is to allow users to be familiar with the brand new Metro style Start Screen start screen. Microsoft Why should stifle the traditional start button?
TechEd conference held recently in Amsterdam, a Microsoft senior director of PC Pro interview given to the above problems is explained. He said that the old Start menu in Windows 7 users who have been out of favor. Microsoft has been to make this highly controversial decision, because the users themselves have begun to gradually abandon the use of it.
Microsoft's consumer experience to improve the project manager Chaitanya Sareen said: "In Windows 7, we see this trend, a large number of users the application is 'locked' to the taskbar locked to the taskbar to show a great deal of fanaticism. then, we see the Start menu, the utilization rate fell sharply, which makes us had an idea. "
Sareen said: "I am a desktop user, I will be the browser, Explorer, and so on application to the taskbar, I no longer like it used to frequently access the Start menu if you came to the start screen, you will find us opened up a new situation; of course you can also choose to remain on the desktop, it is still so fast. "he admitted:" no one can defeat the taskbar.
Sareen also pointed out that people are a lot of keyboard shortcuts to open applications, this also reduces the use of the Start menu. Number keys hold down the Windows key, you can open IE, it is very fast. "
Having said that, but do not know for us is more convenient to abandon the Start button? That is to be experienced.
