The new Win10 start menu will meet with test users.

Computer store news: At the build 2016 developer conference, Microsoft has shown new changes to the Win10 start menu, and announced that these changes are part of the Window 10 anniversary update. According to reliable sources, the new Start menu has appeared in Microsoft's internal test version, and it is likely to meet with Insider users in the next Win10 preview. It's worth noting that last week Microsoft released the Windows 10 Insider Preview 14322 mobile version. The desktop version that should have been released at the same time will be delayed for a week (that is, this week) because some bugs will be released. Start the menu.

According to known information, the upcoming new version of the Start Menu changes include the "Traditional Start Menu" in the desktop environment and the "Start Screen" in the tablet mode. The former mainly re-layouts the function buttons, and the latter is mainly the "all applications" view improvements.

New (upper) old (lower) two start menus

As you can see from the exposed images, the new start menu will be &ldquo ;Set ”,“Power”,“Common apps”,"user avatar" and other buttons are moved to the far left of the menu and reduced to show only icons, freeing up space for displaying “all apps ”. At the same time, an expansion button is added to the top left corner of the menu to expand the name of the button on the leftmost setting, power supply, etc. The actual effect can refer to the following figure (GIF animation).

Start menu new change preview

Also after switching to tablet mode, when the user opens “ application & rdquo; will see something similar to Win8.1 A list of all application views on the screen, but no longer scrolling horizontally. There are three additional options in the upper left corner for changing the view layout type.

New all application views

If all goes well, Insider users will soon receive a new version of Windows 10 Insider Preview with the above start menu updates. Pushed.