Leaked internal Windows 10 build has revealed a brand new Start menu experience that replaces live tiles with a more traditional grid of apps. This Start menu experience is believed to be the Start menu that Microsoft is working on for Windows Lite, featuring a more simplified app layout.
The leaked build comes directly from Microsoft itself, thanks to an issue with the Insider Program rolling out builds that were never greenlit to ship to testers. As a result, an internal build that includes features that are not supposed to be seen by the public has leaked. The new Start menu is very early, and its UI isn’t finished. So don’t judge it by its looks just yet.
This iteration of the Start menu looks a lot more basic, simple, and straightforward – exactly what I, personally, look for in a launcher: a grid or list of stuff I can click on.
Sadly, Microsoft never put the effort into fixing Tiles. I still have to go into the Weather app to get the current weather. And stuff is more broken in newer Win10 builds. I get the installing Tile that stays until I restart Explorer or the PC.
I don’t see a future for that concept now that W10M is EoL in december.
I never understood Live Tiles on Windows 10. The start menu is collapsed, so you don’t see the tiles. On Windows Phone / Mobile they really were one of the best features though.
Now, I just installed MSN Weather (4.31.11905.0) on Windows 10 (10.0.18362.266), launched it, Put in “Celsius” and my location and was shown a very nice and accurate weather overview. I rightclicked (twice), selected “Pin to Start”, pressed the Windows key and saw a nicely animated weather tile. I could even change the size and it showed me different amounts of data making good use of the extra size. Only in the “Small” size (or after choosing to “More->Turn Live Tile Off”) was the live tile just a static icon.
So I have no idea why you are experiencing issues but although I don’t think it is as useful as it was on my Nokia 1520 it works exactly as it should
Isn’t this just more the same stuff? Windows releases testing builds with a “new start menu” all the time, and it doesn’t mean anything.
Very likely this isn’t just more the same stuff. This was a special daily build that wasn’t meant for the external testing rings. It includes packages that aren’t normally included. Very likely none of this will show up in the next few builds that will go to external testing rings until Microsoft thinks it is refined enough to make it available for public testing.
This is the kind of stuff that people that think even the FAST insider preview ring is not cutting edge enough drop their panties (boxers?) for 😉
“It’s OK, we got it right this time!”
Said Microsoft Windows, GNOME, KDE…
But never Apple. Their iCr@p users are hard-core.
So, applications became “apps”, books aren’t books anymore, they are now “global phenomena”, and now new versions of software are “experiences”… What a load of…
I am guessing the word you are looking for is …. PR?
No? Can I guess again…Marketing?
I simplified my start menu by unpinning everything and resizing it down so now it only shows the list of applications. I wish this was the default as all the stuff shown in the tile section is (for me) just junk, and for most of those i help with computers is just confusing clutter.
I still do not understand why, to make it more user friendly, they dont show an active search bar that have focus when you get into the start menu. Everyone in here probably know you can simply start typing, but it is a hidden feature. I always search for apps, i only use the scrollable list when i forgot an apps name or forgot what i have installed.
For some reason they decided that the Start Menu would not show a search box anymore, but instead they would put a search box on the taskbar. I personally completely agree with you that the old situation was better for everyone, but I guess the developers made something that works great for powerusers like you and me (hit start, type) and something that works great for regular users (a big honking search box)