Latest about Start Menu
Microsoft veteran software engineer explains the development of the Start menu as a Windows 95 feature before it turned into a Windows 11 'billboard'
THE GENESIS Microsoft veteran Dave W. Plummer, aka Dave's Garage, recently narrated how he wrote the Start menu for Windows 95.
Microsoft toys with new Windows 11 Start menu layout inspired by the iOS App Library
Menu Enhancements Microsoft looks to be working on a new layout for the all apps list in the Start menu on Windows 11 that takes some inspiration from the App Library found on iOS.
Windows 11's new Start menu sidebar for Phone Link is unnecessary and only adds more clutter
Opinion Microsoft is building a new sidebar to show mobile devices alongside the Start menu, but I don't believe this is the correct design approach. Here's what I think about this feature.
Microsoft unveils major Windows 11 Start menu upgrade — integrates Phone Link messages and notifications
link it up Phone Link and Windows 11 are about to get even closer. Microsoft just started testing Phone Link features that let you view notifications and your phone's battery status directly in the Start menu.
Here's a 'bloat-free' solution for Microsoft's intrusive interface on the Start menu, Copilot AI, and its annoying ad campaign in Windows 11
CLUTTER-FREE W11 Hate Windows 11's intrusive ads and AI campaign? Use Win11Debloat to remove them.
A new third-party app will help Windows 11 users hide the Start menu's 'dysfunctional' Search bar
THIRD-PARTY APPS TranslucentSM is a new third-party app designed to help users control the Start menu's opacity and hide its Search bar in Windows 11.
Microsoft is working on a big Start menu update for Windows 11 that includes widgets via new 'companions' feature
Widgets Microsoft is working on a significant update to the Start menu on Windows 11 that will allow users to display widgets on either side of the interface.
'Oh Frick Go Back' is a new app (by a Linux dev, gasp) that saves you from Microsoft's 'comically bad' Windows 11 Start menu and its intrusive ad campaign
NO ADS!! A programmer who uses Linux as her daily driver recently develop a neat tool that keeps ads at bay on Windows 11.
