#start8

Start10 für Windows 10

Heute mal ein kurzes Update zu einer Software, die ich bereits vor einiger Zeit hier vorgestellt habe. Die Rede ist von “Start8” von StarDock-Software. Und wer sich noch daran erinnern kann, hat diese App bei Windows 8 und 8.1 das Startmenü so umgebaut, dass es wieder “hübsch” war. Man konnte da zwischen verschiedenen “Styles” wählen, wobei mir der Windows7-Look immer ganz gut gefallen hat.  Nun…

10. August 2015: Linksammlung

OmniFocus-Tipps: Wie man die Synchronisierung beschleunigt http://www.geekout.de/index_files/Tipp_OmniFocus_Sync_beschleunigen.php#unique-entry-id-868 Ich hab mit mittlerweile schon an den etwas langsamen Sync bei OmniFocus gewohnt. Trotzdem kann es ja schon mal nicht schaden, wenn dieser etwas “gepushed” wird. Ich hab jetzt gerade mal nachgeschaut und in meiner iOS App kann ich den Haken bei…

Start8 funktioniert auch unter Windows 10

Ich benutze nun seit einiger Zeit die Preview-Version von Windows 10, die Microsoft als PublicBeta zur Verfügung stellt. Wie es mit damit ergeht, habe ich bereits in einigen Artikel geschrieben.

WINDOWS 10: PREVIEW INSTALLIERT http://ostermeier.net/wordpress/2015/04/windows-10-preview-installiert/

WINDOWS 10: ERKENNTNISSE UND FRAGEN NACH DEM ERSTEN TAG http://ostermeier.net/wordpress/2015/04/win…

Windows 8 Classic Start Menu Software: Classic Shell versus Start8, Free versus Paid…

Users new to Windows 8 from older Windows platform have quite a learning curve to get through. Once the swipes and tiles have become familiar you may still be left with the feeling that something is missing?

What is missing is the Start Menu button, normally tucked away in the bottom left hand corner of your screen. Sure there is that Windows 8.1 thing but the secret to the classic Start Menu was…

This screenshot is a real one folks. Microsoft announced a series of changes with 8.1 starting this week but this one is planned ‘soon’.

If you tried using Stardock’s Start8 or Modern Mix, this is a combination of them. Apps can open in windowed mode with this new update, as well as adding back a start menu with the modern apps on the right side.

CNET recommended Start8's bringing back the Windows 7 Style Start Menu.  http://www.stardock.com/products/start8/download.asp

There's speculation that Microsoft may add the traditional Start menu back into the Windows platform. Currently Microsoft isn't commenting on the subject, but an article published by USA Today points to the possibility.

As it stands now, Windows 8 consumers sticking with the more traditional desktop mode can right-click on the Modern UI thumbnail in the bottom left-hand corner. This pulls up a menu containing links to Programs and Features, Disk Management, the Command Prompt, the Control Panel, File Explorer and more.

Alternatively, users can create shortcuts on the desktop so that the environment doesn't feel like an alien landscape. This process can be somewhat annoying, a burden Windows 8 users could have done without had the Start menu remained intact. Searching for programs means loading up the Charms bar stored off-screen to the right -- or typing "Windows key + Q" to pull up the search function -- instead of simply clicking a button.

For now, Windows 8 users can get their Start menu fix thanks to Stardock. The company has reportedly sold "tens of thousands" of its $5 Start8 app which brings the Start menu back where it belongs.

"We were having some success with word of mouth before the Windows 8 release, and since the release, the floodgates have been opened, and the demand is surprising even us," said Kris Kwilas, Stardock's vice president of technology.

Looks like some people miss their Start button.