Microsoft shows off redesigned Windows 10 start menu

[Hanno Labuschagne]

Microsoft shows off redesigned Windows 10 start menu

Microsoft has given users a first look at its upcoming redesign for the Windows 10 Start menu.

During a Windows Insider webcast, the company showed off an early version of the new design concept which was still under development.

This new design reduces the prominence of Live Tiles in favour of standard icons, making the tiles smaller and removing the coloured backgrounds for each tile to better fit the user’s theme.

 

[Herr der Verboten]

massive.

 

[borro]

Amped for Windows 11

 

[dualmeister]

Wow they have really earned their salary this month

 

[mister]

What the **** is the actual difference besides the colour?

 

[LazyLion]

 

[UrBaN963]

Someone used a colour-picker in paint and it's now a headline?

MS make me laugh.

 

[TheSlinger]

Someone used a colour-picker in paint and it's now a headline?

MS make me laugh.

They also changed the opacity. Credit where credit is due!

 

[ToxicBunny]

What the **** is the actual difference besides the colour?

I was wondering exactly the same thing.

 

[quovadis]

The light version is like an omage to that previous version of IOS.

 

[backstreetboy]

What the **** is the actual difference besides the colour?

I was wondering exactly the same thing.

Pretty sure MyBB got trolled. This is the new start menu...

 

[system32]

Perhaps MS should just use Open-Shell
https://github.com/Open-Shell/Open-Shell-Menu

 

[ToxicBunny]

Pretty sure MyBB got trolled. This is the new start menu...

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Nope, that is decidedy not what every news site is reporting.

 

[deesef]

Send the Microsoft team an Android tablet with Nova launcher and 100 random themes. They'll cream their trousies!!!

 

[daveza]

They also changed the opacity. Credit where credit is due!

Yup, that's a game-changer.

 

[KleinBoontjie]

Amped for Windows 11

You should skip 11 and wait for 12. You know how they ****up every 2nd one.

 

[LazyLion]

You should skip 11 and wait for 12. You know how they ****up every 2nd one.

That convention was broken a long time ago...

 

[Fulcrum29]

Huh?

So the redesign is allowing user customisation to a larger degree? I don't get it, you can already switch and play with your tiles. You can already disable live tiles, change the colour...

 

[Fulcrum29]

I didn't listen to the podcast, but going by this article it seems more the ability to control how live tiles behave to better suit the user experience.

Everything else can already be done as described in the article.

 

[Fulcrum29]

I quickly scanned through the podcast. Okay, yes, they believe the live tiles are too similar in behaviour and thus users lose track with their app usage hence they want to differentiate the behaviour of the live tiles in order to differentiate the apps for improved identification. Best to listen to the podcast, check them out on Medium,

Microsoft Design

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and this article flowed directly from the podcast and was published a few minutes ago,

Iconic Icons: Designing the World of Windows

Introducing the new Windows 10 icons in Fluent Design

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Iconic Icons: Designing the World of Windows

Introducing the new Windows 10 icons in Fluent Design

A lot of which have already been systematically introduced, I just believe Microsoft gave some closure for those realising that changes are happening. Not everyone is Insiders.