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leddt on April 2, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Microsoft Will Soon Bring Back The Start Menu In W...

The main complaint I think is the context switch. You go from desktop-world to metro-land and back again.

I think the new update will go a LONG way to reduce (or eliminate) these problems. The other major enhancement in my opinion is they made the taskbar accessible from metro apps.

giulianob on April 2, 2014 | [–]

You can now set the Metro background to the same background as the desktop. It's a small detail that has made the experience much less jarring for me.

adamwong246 on April 2, 2014 | [–]

Yeah. 2 totally different experiences in one OS? That reeks of design-by-committee.

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