guru Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 I know , hovering over lower left corner brings up the start screen image but i'd rather have static Start screen icon? is there a way to pin the start screen pin the start screen to desktop taskbar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jose_49 Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 Start8 is by far the best solution you can get. It will create you a custom start button which you can click to launch the Full screen metro start screen. http://www.stardock.com/products/start8/ Steven P. 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven P. Administrators Posted August 4, 2012 Administrators Share Posted August 4, 2012 Moved here, not beta discussion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guru Posted August 4, 2012 Author Share Posted August 4, 2012 Start8 is by far the best solution you can get. It will create you a custom start button which you can click to launch the Full screen metro start screen. http://www.stardock....roducts/start8/ Thanks! trying it out now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grayscale Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 Does Start8 and the rest of the Start button replacements work on RTM? This will get handy for my relatives whose pc motto is "just describe the damn thing so I can click it". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detection Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 This will get handy for my relatives whose pc motto is "just describe the damn thing so I can click it". Just tell them "Ok, it's invisible, do you see it now? " :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guru Posted August 4, 2012 Author Share Posted August 4, 2012 Does Start8 and the rest of the Start button replacements work on RTM? This will get handy for my relatives whose pc motto is "just describe the damn thing so I can click it". Start8 works just fine on RTM. must have on Win8 Desktop if you ask me Jose_49 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calum Veteran Posted August 4, 2012 Veteran Share Posted August 4, 2012 I'm obviously not trolling here?I'm just trying to understand and making a suggestion: Why don't you just use the Windows button on your keyboard? Or do you not use a keyboard/does your keyboard not have that button? Once I got used to hitting the Windows keyboard button instead of the Start button, even on Windows 7, getting to the Start Screen/Start Menu became much faster and easier :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detection Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 I know , hovering over lower left corner brings up the start screen image but i'd rather have static Start screen icon? is there a way to pin the start screen pin the start screen to desktop taskbar? You can hit the Windows key on the keyboard to switch between them, can't get more permanent than that ;) EDIT - Ninja'd :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guru Posted August 4, 2012 Author Share Posted August 4, 2012 I'm obviously not trolling here?I'm just trying to understand and making a suggestion: Why don't you just use the Windows button on your keyboard? Or do you not use a keyboard/does your keyboard not have that button? Once I got used to hitting the Windows keyboard button instead of the Start button, even on Windows 7, getting to the Start Screen/Start Menu became much faster and easier :) know about the keyboard but i'm just used to using the mouse to bring up the start button. muscle memory, if you will lol. even on my laptop , i'd rather use trackpad than hitting the windows key. I hit the keyboard when i have to type or execute some very specific commands in programs (SSMS,VS). i agree that keyboard shortcut would be faster, but not necessarily intuitive in some situations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bogas04 Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 deactivated_ 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheza Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 The OS is no doubt fluid. Even running on a bad Virtual Machine everything was pretty fast besides mouse input lag. I can see this as a great OS for Tablet users. But for the Desktop, the features are just gimmicks. Still, having MetroTwit to the side of my screen and then the fully functioning Desktop was quite fun to use. Oh, and the Windows key is used a lot in Windows 8. You'll need to get used to it if you want to get around it fast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Active. Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 I've always been a little annoyed by the colorful Windows flag (embedded in that super-glossy orb) in the corner. Personally, I like the task bar much better now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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