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How Do You Begin Navigation? (Old poll: What Start Menu do you use?)
This is the second round of this poll. The results of the first poll are posted below and found here at the top of each page: What Start Menu do you use? - - Windows 10 Forums
In this round I retitled it and I’ve added two new categories of “Taskbar only” and "A combination of the above", for I found via posted comments that some needed those choices. The poll will remain the same hereafter.
With some of these choices you may have the Start Menu, but do not use it at all or you may start with the Start Menu, but thereafter you use other means. In other words, the goal here is to tally everyone’s most frequent and main means of opening programs/apps to start/begin navigation while using your PC/Device.
This poll will close upon a new RTM (Release To Manufacturers) upgrade edition (aka approved for OEM release). This does not include ongoing Insider builds, however Insiders, of course, are qualified to vote or revote. If at any time you change your means of navigation, you may unvote and revote to reflect those changes and we urge you do so, especially right before the next edition release. There will be a new poll for every new OEM edition.
One of the main goals here is to compare usage as Windows 10 evolves from version to version. Another is to exchange ideas on how all begin to navigate and why you use your means to do so. It may help others. Posting comments after voting is very important, therefore we ask you to do that, please.
Good luck on your new OEM edition and/or Insider build installations. If you are new here, welcome to Windows Ten Forums. Enjoy your stay.
19 use the default menu with tiles. 56.76%
AndreTen, ArazelEternal, Barman58, Barneyrubble, blackroseMD1, Bree, BunnyJ, COMPUTIAC, CountMike, CWGilley, derekimo, Dude, Fafhrd, Hemimax, IownAmoneyPit, Kari, OldMike65, Pathfinder, simrick, Winuser,
z3r010, HippsieGypsie
3 use the default menu eliminating all tiles leaving and using just All Apps. 10.81%
Chuck38, Edwin, labeeman
4 create and use a Toolbar via the Taskbar. e.g. A folder of shortcuts. 10.81%
Berton, Bigfoot, Khzyvfonhes, Wynona
1 places shortcut icons on your desktop and use those. 2.70%
paulsalter
7 use 3rd party customizing software for other menu. 18.92%
Borg 386, clam1952, f14tomcat, Josey Wales, kado897, larc919, xpclient
I'm a keyboarder, so I use choice #1 almost exclusively. Push the Windows key with one hand and right or left mouse click a tile with the other. I pin as much as I can to it and categorize in groups. Apps/programs and drives/folders. I occasionally use the Power user context menu (WinKey/X), but most of those I pin the Start Screen or use combo keys. I back up the Start Screen so to use again even though it's backed up in my MS account. One can never be too cautious IMO.
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Last edited by Tony K; 29 Apr 2017 at 11:30.