Windows 8 start button - easy fix

[NYJimbo]

You know microsoft is going to release a patch at some point which will defeat all of those, don't you ? MS just loves fncking the customer over.

 

[Metanis]

You know microsoft is going to release a patch at some point which will defeat all of those, don't you ? MS just loves fncking the customer over.

I wonder if M$ has inadvertently re-opened Pandora's box? The older techs may remember when alternative shells were being commercially produced for Windows 3.1 and Windows 95. (Remember Norton Desktop for Windows 95?)

With all these people spelunking around with new shells and the crossover from 15 years of Linux shell development, Microsoft may soon find themselves in a battle for control of the GUI. I think that would be great.

 

[16k_zx81]

You know microsoft is going to release a patch at some point which will defeat all of those, don't you ? MS just loves fncking the customer over.

ooh... thats so.... sinister

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[HankArnold]

Stardock is what I chose

I downloaded the Stardock Start8 and it's exactly what I wanted. $4.99 is cheap for the functions it gives me.

Hank Arnold (MVP)

 

[gunslinger]

I went with the easiest fix of all and stayed with Windows 7.

 

[FoolishTech]

I wonder if M$ has inadvertently re-opened Pandora's box? The older techs may remember when alternative shells were being commercially produced for Windows 3.1 and Windows 95. (Remember Norton Desktop for Windows 95?)

With all these people spelunking around with new shells and the crossover from 15 years of Linux shell development, Microsoft may soon find themselves in a battle for control of the GUI. I think that would be great.

That's insightful. I do remember Norton Desktop (ran it on my Win 3.11 box) it was super sweet it actually gave you much of the Win95 Explorer style desktop where you could place icons on it, it gave you the desktop right click menu which was it looked like MS just copied and called it a 'start' menu. Don't recall any shell replacements for Win95 and I'm pretty certain Norton Desktop didn't have a version for that either. As I recall Win95 pretty much heralded the end of shell replacements.

 

[Xander]

Memory lane: I ran one called Calmira in Win3.1 that gave me many of the Win95 features, including a start menu. Later, it was updated with XP-like features. I just checked and was surprised that it had been updated as recently as 2008.

 

[TechLady]

I've switched to startisback. Has the closest emulation of the Win 7 start menu out there IMO. Classic shell doesn't use the white box area correctly like a real start menu does. Looks ugly.

Yeah, my thoughts exactly, I've been using Startisback too.

 

[NYJimbo]

ooh... thats so.... sinister

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I really think these start buttons have not much future here. It will happen this way. You may be sitting in front of your PC. Maybe the first sunny day of the spring. And the MS Windows update icon will appear in the task bar, and a pop-up will open, and because it is Microsoft you will feel you can trust them. And that pop-up will seem welcome, a promise of an important patch that they will claim you really need. There will be just a small button to click and you will click it.....

After that, you will have no more start button.

 

[Markverhyden]

Memory lane: I ran one called Calmira in Win3.1 that gave me many of the Win95 features, including a start menu. Later, it was updated with XP-like features. I just checked and was surprised that it had been updated as recently as 2008.

Don't remember Calmira or Norton Desktop. But I do remember Packard Bell and Compaq both had one. Made to look like a real desk and office. Of course, who can forget Bob. Another smoking hot M$ innovation.

 

[trevm999]

Memory lane: I ran one called Calmira in Win3.1 that gave me many of the Win95 features, including a start menu. Later, it was updated with XP-like features. I just checked and was surprised that it had been updated as recently as 2008.

This thread was making me think of Calmira too! I remember having to upgrade the ram in my 3.1 machine so it could install it.