[Windows 8] Final farewell to the start button?

Microsoft had already decided to remove the Start button in Windows 7 already, but for reasons related to marketing and the need to quickly launch the operating system, the Redmond army had abandoned this idea. But today comes the news finally (?) That Microsoft would have definitely taken the step of removing the traditional Windows Start button from the Windows version 8 Consumer Preview. Recall that the Start button and the menus have been introduced with Windows 95.

In recent screenshots of the nearly completed version of Windows 8 "Consumer Preview" (build 8220) is known as the bar no longer has the Start button. The button functionality but have not been completely abandoned and even Wikipedia, some time ago, had mentioned the existence of a "bubble" in place of the famous central button (also facilitated by touch support the new operating system).

The new interface will be activated on mouseover in the lower left of the screen and will include a thumbnail image that will show a preview. The same element appears in the touch mode and we expect that action will be activated by swipe, if you are in desktop mode, instead there will be a preview of how Metro and vice versa.

Microsoft will however be the Super bar, introduced in Windows 7 with support for desktop applications. The company can still restore the Start button if there is a big demand from users, but for sure the path he has chosen to go this is not: the Start button then go to the tombstone. Via TheVerge