14 DAY TRIAL // The Windows 10 Start menu will come with live tiles borrowed from the Windows 8.1 Start screen, but many of those upgrading from Windows 7 want a much cleaner look and simple design, just like in their current OS version.
It’s already known that, if you remove all tiles from the Start menu, it becomes more like the one in Windows 7, but in Windows 10 build 10056, the dark theme that’s very likely to be released in the RTM version too makes everything looks way better and easier to use.
As you can see in the photo gallery below, the Start menu without live tiles and with the dark theme turned on seems to be just a clean list of apps that allows you to access installed software with just a few clicks.
Microsoft: We love live tiles
Obviously, Microsoft hopes that no one would ever remove live tiles from the Start menu, but we all know that’s not going to happen, especially because Windows 10 will be offered as a free upgrade for Windows 7 users. This means that many of the users coming to Windows 10 would switch from Windows 7, so it’s only natural to expect them to make the Start menu look more familiar.
At the same time, the Start menu resizing options make it more appropriate for all screen sizes, so no matter your device, the Start menu should just fit in really well.
The Start menu is part of Microsoft’s efforts to build Windows 10 based on customer feedback, so the new operating system is expected to come with features that are more or less requested by users and that address their needs in a much more effective way.
That’s actually the purpose of the Windows Insider program, an effort that allows anyone interested to download and install Windows 10 free of charge, obviously with the risk of coming across bugs. Nearly 3 million users have already installed Windows 10 for testing purposes, and figures are expected to grow as we move closer to the summer 2015 release date of the new OS.
