The changes of the Start Menu on Windows over 20 years

Start Menu has been integrated back in Windows 10, the operating system is expected to be on the market in 2015, marking 20 years of the birth Start button.

• Windows 10 is a Windows 7 operating system is refreshed / Microsoft introduced Windows 10

 

Start Menu (located in the lower left corner of the screen) does not exist in the previous version of Windows was born in 1995. Instead, people use the Program Manager. When clicking on the icon with the word Start Windows, a short menu bar will appear to users instant access to a program. 
This interface is maintained for a long time through the Windows NT 4.x life, Windows 98, Windows 98 SE, Windows Me and Windows 2000.

 

When Windows launched in 2001, the program works on machines have more and shorter start menu does not meet the needs of the user. Microsoft decided to revamp the Start Menu with beautiful interface than the 2-column list and the ability to customize. The most important improvement is that users have quick access to inventory documents, photos and other personal files.

 

Start Menu of Windows Vista only small changes in the size of two columns.

 

Similarly on Windows 7, the Start Menu has a slightly different interface, remaining virtually no significant improvement.

 

Windows 8 launched with the aim of integrating the tablet and desktop platform and maximum support touch interface. Start Menu is not activated by pressing the button in the lower left corner of the screen. Instead, the Start menu is expanded, occupying the entire screen and become the Start Screen.

 

After much waiting, the Start Menu has been brought back to Windows 10. Microsoft Bar New Menu is designed to leverage the effectiveness of the Start Menu ago, but incorporates dynamic Live Tile boxes of Windows 8 as a solution "appease both sides."