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Kari said:

Press the Win key, one click to open All Apps. In my opinion that's not slow nor difficult. When in All Apps menu, the Page Up / Down, Home and End buttons work.

Too easy for some people.

Kari said:

Press the Win key, one click to open All Apps. In my opinion that's not slow nor difficult. When in All Apps menu, the Page Up / Down, Home and End buttons work.

It's a lot slower than Windows 8.x though, especially for folks like me that would prefer to use the keyboard to the mouse and who don't have particularly fast hardware.

This aspect of Windows 10 is a step backwards.

Rocky said:

Too easy for some people.

It's too slow. Easyness isn't the issue.

Kari said:

I have no issues in using the Start Menu with keyboard only. Press Win key to open it, press down arrow once to select your username on top left. Now down / up arrow to move on the left pane, Enter to select, right arrow to move over to Start (right pane).

Totally usable completely without mouse.

That's much harder work than typing "<WinKey>Notepad" or whatever in Windows 8.1.

For one thing I can do that without needing to wait for the screen to update.

I think on your method I'd need to look at the screen to see how many times to click the arrows (which will vary from computer to computer) but 'Notepad' is always spelt the same on every one regardless of what software is installed.

Kari said:

Press the Win key, one click to open All Apps. In my opinion that's not slow nor difficult. When in All Apps menu, the Page Up / Down, Home and End buttons work.

Thanks, Kari. Actually WinKey then Up arrow then Enter opens All apps section and, yes those keys you listed work there. I'm speaking in the tile section equivalent to the Start screen is what I should have stated. Much better in 8.1 IMO.

To add, a lot more shortcut keys in 8.1 than in any other OS, including 10.

Windows 8 Keyboard Shortcut Keys List

Keyboard shortcuts - Windows Help


When in the last link > Keyboard shortcuts in Windows > New keyboard shortcuts > to see 10's

Kari said:

I have no issues in using the Start Menu with keyboard only. Press Win key to open it, press down arrow once to select your username on top left. Now down / up arrow to move on the left pane, Enter to select, right arrow to move over to Start (right pane).

Totally usable completely without mouse.

Not saying it isn't "unsable" without a mouse. Just not as fast.

DavidY said:

That's much harder work than typing "<WinKey>Notepad" or whatever in Windows 8.1.

For one thing I can do that without needing to wait for the screen to update.

I think on your method I'd need to look at the screen to see how many times to click the arrows (which will vary from computer to computer) but 'Notepad' is always spelt the same on every one regardless of what software is installed.

WinKey/S then start typing works quick.