Windows 11 was accompanied by a new Start menu design, but like the rest of the system, it was a functional step backward.

According to Microsoft, it rejected Start menu designs for Windows 11 before finalizing the new, customizable layout.

Microsoft pulled back the curtain on some Start menu mock-ups that didn’t make it into Windows 11’s official release. In these early sketches, designers played around with a vertical side menu, a ...

A new wave of design experimentation has arrived, and Microsoft seems eager to use it as an excuse to rebuild everything from the ground up. It ...

Microsoft is currently testing a redesigned version of the Windows 11 Start menu, one that reuses most of the familiar ...

The Windows 11 Start menu is getting an overhaul. Directly accessible from the menu, the new All Apps view will automatically ...

The company says the goal was to make the Start menu easier to use, faster, and more personal, but not to change it so much ...

First leaked last month, the Windows 11 Start menu is getting a more customizable layout with a collapsible Phone Link panel, ...

Microsoft is reworking the Windows 11 ... Start menu keeps the familiar look and feel that people know, but adds more ways to organize and personalize what they see: The new Start menu puts all ...