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Long expected Start Button for Windows 8 comes out in August

• Egon Kilin
• April 24th, 2014

The Build developer conference at the beginning of April was quite a surprising one, some might say. At first, Windows 8 has given lots of headaches because of the lack of classic elements users were used to. Like the Start button, which not only disappeared, but it reappeared using the annoying interface of a mobile device, though Microsoft recognized the simple fact that the iOS and Android alliance is a superficial one. In the meanwhile, not long after Windows 8.1 update was released, a new surprise is being prepared.  Seems like the Start button has been long missed by Windows fans who will be shortly teased with a new Start menu and the ability of running windowed apps on the Desktop.

The updated interface will be reminiscent of Windows 7 in regards to the Start Button but it will keep the Windows 8 Start Screen based on tiles. Apparently, many of those who were dissatisfied with the lack of the Start button took measures of their own by downloading apps or software that would bring back the old Start on the new version of Windows. It was quite a successful solution, but beginning with this autumn, the manual change will not be necessary anymore.

An approximate date for the update’s release is in August/September, although the plan was to update the system once a year. Seemingly, users were not too happy with these changes and Windows 9, currently due in Spring of 2015, could have not been such a success if both parties were not given a piece of heaven.  As about the metro windowed apps, this update could be pushed back to the new Windows or included in the Update 2.

Steve Teixeira, the Director of Program Management, shared during the Build developer conference the fact that there is an “Internet of Things” team, focused not only on enterprise/ industrial customers, but also on “enabling intelligent systems to be built from operating systems and cloud services, across a broad range of industry verticals”.

Various sources quote that it would be a pleasure for Microsoft to release updates every few months and new ideas or capable employees are not missing. But these actions could have repercussions on the large businesses and enterprises that make a large portion of the company’s revenues. So let’s be realistic: we do love updates and we love to be surprised, but too much can also be annoying.  That being said…we are patiently waiting for the best and we will keep an eye on fresh news.