The moment you realize that the Windows 8 tiles interface is just a rich menu to open apps, and the desktop is a container of multiple apps, you see the problem.Instead Windows 8.1 Update 1 puts the Start Menu back as it was, with a cramped side that mirrors the tiles. I’m very aware that there might have been a slight disorientation between a normal Start Menu and such interface, but well, that’s where I would have worked ( hello OS X Launchpad!). Just make a proper, clear, simple link that opens that view, maybe mirroring the look and feel of the physical one on black of the surface: perfectly on brand. So they already had the answer at hand, there was nothing to change there. They do the same thing: it’s a custom list of links to applications. The Modern UI of Windows 8 is the unified equivalent to the Start Menu.They could have changed it, made it more aligned with the new interaction mode. This means that on the desktop they should have never hid the Start Button.There’s a reason why Nokia did a huge step forward in terms of interaction when introduced the single blue button below the screen (remember that?). There’s a reason why there are three buttons always visible on Android. There’s a reason why the Home button is the only physical navigation button on iPhone and iPad. Let’s say it clearly: the Start Button was a brilliant design choice, and I believe it might be superior in its concept to the OSX Dock (it could have been implemented far better, but this is an entirely different topic).
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