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[Verge] Microsoft reportedly working to block apps that re-enable the Windows 8 Start button

post #1 of 348
5/31/12 at 7:40am
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Microsoft appears to be taking steps to remove legacy code from its Windows 8 operating system that will prevent modifications and hacks to re-enable the Start button and Start Menu. Windows watcher Paul Thurrott reports that the company has been "furiously ripping out" legacy code in Windows 8 recently that lets third parties bring back the Start button, Start Menu, and other legacy parts of the desktop interface. Thurrott claims that several well-known UI hacks that enabled the Start Button in the Consumer Preview do not work on the Release Preview.

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post #2 of 348
5/31/12 at 7:47am
yep, knew it.
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post #3 of 348
5/31/12 at 7:55am
cheer.finally!ms removing the clutter.as long as they list what work and what doesnt via regedit.ty ms fir the k.i.s.s rule (keep it stupid simple)
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5/31/12 at 8:00am
Well that just puts the final nail in the coffin for me, won't ever use that iteration of windows.
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5/31/12 at 8:02am
Awesome! Now lets remove the UI and work with pure DOS again.
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post #6 of 348
5/31/12 at 8:10am
Bad publicity move, thye seems to be going out of their way to Metro us all.

Tho i remains hopeful, that final UI would be somewhat decent. The real reason win 8 should be good is all the under the hood optimizations and improvements.
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post #7 of 348
5/31/12 at 8:13am
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Bad publicity move, thye seems to be going out of their way to Metro us all.
Tho i remains hopeful, that final UI would be somewhat decent. The real reason win 8 should be good is all the under the hood optimizations and improvements.

thats because they worked so hard on it and its gonna fail just like Vista. Microsoft seems to be using the same tick tock cycle as intel. good bad good bad etc
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post #8 of 348
5/31/12 at 8:14am
'furiously ripping apart'
Settle down there. So what, they're removing irrelevant pieces of code. That's exactly what I'd expect them to do, and rightly so.
No one's forcing any of you to upgrade. The fact is the new ui is simpler and better suited to the main stream market than w7 was.

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5/31/12 at 8:21am
Why should MS care? The only people who would be doing this are the people who actually want the old UI. So why would it possibly be wise to remove this capability?
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5/31/12 at 8:22am
Sad attempt at "journalism" by The Verge.
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