wraggster
October 4th, 2011, 23:25
Microsoft recently killed the Start Menu, and their explanation for it seems fairly straightforward: no one used it (http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2394101,00.asp). This may be a bit of an exaggeration, but Microsoft explains that use of the Start menu dipped by 11 percent (http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2011/10/03/evolving-the-start-menu.aspx)between Windows Vista and Windows 7, with many specialized Start functions — such as exploring pictures — declining as much as 61 percent.
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/10/04/206252/microsoft-killed-the-start-menu-because-no-one-uses-it
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/10/04/206252/microsoft-killed-the-start-menu-because-no-one-uses-it