Microsoft experimented with several radically different Start menu designs before finalising the update. Let's take a look.

Microsoft is currently testing a redesigned version of the Windows 11 Start menu, one that reuses most of the familiar elements from the current design but reorganizes them and gives users a few ...

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From full-screen chaos to phone-focused layouts, Microsoft’s early Start menu concepts took some wild turns.

File Explorer is to have curated views in Home, better support for text scaling, and improved performance with ZIP files.

I've been running the Windows 25 mod for its excellent Start Menu, but Microsoft's upcoming redesign is tempting me to revert ...

Windows designers share concepts they explored for a new Start menu for Windows 11, before settling on one that does little ...

Windows 10 support ends in 2025, leaving millions of PCs behind. Linux emerges as a lightweight, flexible alternative for ...

Microsoft's Windows 11 design team revealed several Start concepts that could've been. Are they better than what we have now?

This month, Microsoft says it is reworking the Start menu in Windows 11 with a broader layout that at last allows you to turn ...