• partial_accumen@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    3
    ·
    3 days ago

    In every version of Windows up until now which has contained a taskbar and start menu, as far back as Windows 95. Not just Windows 10.

    Sadly not true. Microsoft removed the Start button in a version of Windows before. It was in Windows 8 (and Windows Server 2012 for some godforsaken reason) with the cursed “metro” interface. MS did it for the same stupid reason they’re citing here “tablet and touchscreen users”. The uproar caused MS to release Windows 8.1 a year later where they returned the Start button.

    • hikaru755@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      3 days ago

      Sadly not true. Microsoft removed the Start button in a version of Windows before

      They didn’t say that every version of windows since then had a start button

      First of all they only talked about the start menu, which was still part of 8, even if it was annoying and full-screen. And second they only said that every Windows version that had that allowed you to move the taskbar around. Not that every Windows version so far had it.