Friday, March 1, 2013

Start Button for Windows 8

Windows 8 is out in the market for quite some time already. It has many significant changes than its predecessor Windows 7. One of the significant changes is the removal of the "Start" button which is replaced by the "Metro Start Screen". The Start button that we have been using for the past two decades is already gone. However, there are some third party software that came out to resurrect the most wanted "Start" button. Here they are:
  1. Classic Shell (free)
  2. Pokki (free)
  3. Start8 (this is not free)
 This is how the Windows 8 desktop looks like without the start button.


This is how the Windows 8 desktop looks like with the "Classic Shell" start button.


This is how the Windows 8 desktop looks like with the "Pokki" start button.



This is how the Windows 8 desktop looks like with the Windows start button as part of the customization feature of "Pokki".



On the pictures above you will see there the "Classic Shell" and the "Pokki" start buttons. I have tried both but I prefer more "Pokki" than "Classic Shell" because it blends well with the Windows 8 graphical user interface. As you can see on one of the pictures above I even changed the "Pokki" start button with the Windows start button. When I am using "Classic Shell" it seems like I am still using Windows 7. I do not feel the Windows 8 environment.