{"id":2862,"date":"2014-04-02T17:58:12","date_gmt":"2014-04-02T17:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gadgets.itwriting.com\/?p=2862"},"modified":"2014-04-02T17:58:12","modified_gmt":"2014-04-02T17:58:12","slug":"microsoft-announces-the-return-of-the-start-menu-to-windows-8-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/2862-microsoft-announces-the-return-of-the-start-menu-to-windows-8-again.html","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft announces the return of the Start menu to Windows 8 &#8211; again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just announced at Microsoft\u2019s Build conference in San Francisco: a new desktop Start menu:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gadgets.itwriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/image.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"image\" style=\"border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/gadgets.itwriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/image_thumb.png\" width=\"404\" height=\"254\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Note that this is not part of Windows 8.1 Update 1 (about to become available) but rather a future Windows 8.1 update. It will be free to all users.<\/p>\n<p>The Start button was re-introduced in Windows 8.1, but only takes you to the Start screen. This new one runs entirely on the desktop.<\/p>\n<p>Another key new feature in this future update is the ability to run universal Windows apps (which are Store apps) in a window on the desktop.<\/p>\n<p>The plan to make Windows 8 a more compelling update for desktop users, and to promote Store apps to users who use keyboard and mouse and mainly desktop apps. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just announced at Microsoft\u2019s Build conference in San Francisco: a new desktop Start menu: Note that this is not part of Windows 8.1 Update 1 (about to become available) but rather a future Windows 8.1 update. It will be free to all users. The Start button was re-introduced in Windows 8.1, but only takes you &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/2862-microsoft-announces-the-return-of-the-start-menu-to-windows-8-again.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Microsoft announces the return of the Start menu to Windows 8 &#8211; again<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[97],"tags":[866,999],"class_list":["post-2862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-windows","tag-start-menu","tag-windows-8"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2862"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2862\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}