Why do you want to kill the start button in the Win8 era? Microsoft has a good reason. Many data can prove this change. However, we want to get back to the start button. The latest mysterious software works of soft media will satisfy everyone's wishes. Also you have a start button; the start button for Windows 8 is coming soon, so stay tuned!
After Microsoft released the Win8 Consumer Preview, the biggest voice in the world is "Microsoft, let's start the button!" Let the "small" start button disappear, completely changing the user's habit for many years; about the disappearance of the start button A user in the IT home community said: "What Microsoft wants to give, we don't know; but what we want, Microsoft does not necessarily know."
Windows8 original CD image download: Win8 consumer Preview version download Daquan (including Microsoft official Chinese version).
Playing Windows 8 Essentials Tutorial: Microsoft China: Win8 Quick Start Guide (Simplified Chinese).
Why does the start menu change? And the new design concept of the start screen, which supports the behavior of Microsoft killing the start button. The following data comes from Microsoft official:
Start screen – Why change:
From Windows Vista to Windows 7, the trend of the functions in the Start menu, the use of most functions is greatly reduced.
The number of apps locked in the start menu
The number of apps locked on the taskbar
The Windows taskbar becomes the more critical place for app launch and switch, and the start menu serves as an app The startup and switching functions are being used less and less, so you need to redesign the "start" to make it worthwhile.
Start Screen – Design Ideas (1)
Use dynamic tiles instead of icons on the start screen to display more information than static icons
App tiles can be grouped, And the custom group name
The start screen can be completely customized, you can place the application anywhere.
When the application and application groups are very large, you can narrow the entire screen and let you Ability to quickly locate and find applications
Traditional Start Menu The first screen can only display about 10 apps by default, but today people use more and more apps or websites, so we have to find a new way to Meet the needs of users:
At 1366*768 resolution, the start screen can display the tile of 24 applications
The traditional start menu space is limited, the search results can only show a part, also Need an additional click to open Explorer to see all search results
The new start screen has more space to display file search results and more details.
The new start screen has More space to show app search results More details
If you have an application installed on your computer, you may need to scroll through the All Programs view to see all application folders
Old Start Menu and New The default first screen of the start screen, the number of applications that can be displayed at different screen resolutions
And in the new start screen all applications are displayed directly according to the folder order structure
Hot Figure: The distance from the start button to the start of each application from the start button
The heat map: the new start screen from the familiar bottom left corner of the button position to the distance each application needs to move < Br>
From the start button position to your favorite application, the distance you need to move, the contrast between the old start menu and the new start screen