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'Start' button devs say Windows 8.1 doesn't put them out of business |
July 12, 2013
When Microsoft added support for the revamped Start page into Windows 8.1, that eliminated the need for dedicated third-party Start menus, right? Wrong, say developers like Stardock, Classic Shell, and others.
Perhaps not surprisingly, the third-party devs say there's still a need for their products, even though Windows 8.1 will be more friendly to those used to the traditional, or legacy, Start menu found in Windows 7. Many have released updates for the Windows 8.1 preview, but none that spoke to PCWorld said that they've thrown in the towel.
If nothing else, fans of Iobit's Start Menu 8, Classic Shell, and Stardock's Start8 can rest assured that their favorite plugins aren't going away. (Pokki, an "apparating system" that was designed to facilitate the interaction of mobile-style apps with the Windows OS, also offers a "classic" Start menu.)
Stardock"Classic" Start menus provide an alternative to the Windows 8.1 Start button.
These products fill a need: to ease the transition to Windows 8 and its unfamiliar Start page. In many ways, Windows 8 is just Windows 7 with a tablet interface layered on top of it, but—sorry!—no Start button. Users upset by the jarringly different Start page had no refuge from it other than third-party alternatives.
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Link: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2043982/start-button-devs-say-windows-8-1-doesnt-put-them-out-of-business.html#tk.rss_all
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