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现在每次启动一台新的PC电脑,就会进入Windows 8那平板风格、布满磁贴的开始屏幕(Start Screen)。这一界面设计精美,在触摸屏上运行顺畅。但很多人却讨厌它。因为这些用户几乎所有的电脑操作都在传统的Windows桌面环境下进行;而在Windows 8中,传统桌面已经沦为了第二界面。微软(Microsoft)在Windows 8里面用开始屏幕取代了这些用户熟悉的开始菜单,他们对此感到恼火。由于开始屏幕的存在,如果你想打开尚未固定到任务栏上的应用,你就得在桌面界面和开始屏幕这两种截然不同的用户体验中不断切换。这让很多人感到抓狂。他们非常怀念原先任务栏左侧的开始按键,只要一点就可以启动开始菜单。


The face of Windows 8-the tablet-like, tile-based Start Screen that comes up every time you start a new PC-is nicely designed and works well on touch screens. But a lot of people hate it. They do almost all of their computing in the traditional Windows desktop environment, which has been demoted to secondarystatus in Windows 8. And they are annoyed that Microsoft has replaced the familiar Windows Start Menu with the Start Screen in Windows 8.


微软正打算在今年晚些时候推出代号为Windows Blue的修改版Windows 8,新系统可能会让两个界面之间的切换变得顺畅。但目前还没有迹象表明微软会放弃开始屏幕,重新专注于桌面界面,或是恢复开始菜单。


That means when you want to launch a new app that isn't pinned to your taskbar, you have to jump back and forth between the desktop and the Start Screen, two radically different user experiences. It drives some folks crazy. They dearly miss the Start Button, which launched the Start Menu, at the left end of the taskbar.


如果你用着Windows 8,又锺爱桌面和开始菜单,你也并不需要因为微软的计划而担心。因为自从去年10月Windows 8发布以来,已经有为数众多的第三方软件不断涌现,这些软件可以恢复开始菜单,让你可以直接开机就进入桌面模式,或者让桌面界面取代开始屏幕重新成为默认界面。借助这些软件,你可以像以往一样使用Windows 8。


Microsoft is planning a revision of Windows 8, code-named 'Windows Blue, ' later this year that may smooth out the interaction between the two interfaces. But there's been no promise that the company is dumping the Start Screen, refocusing on the desktop, or restoring the Start Menu.


本周,我测试了其中两个开始菜单插件;虽然有所不同,但都行之有效。如果你不喜欢这两个插件,那还有其他诸多软件可以选择。


If you're a desktop and Start Menu lover using Windows 8, you don't have to worry about Microsoft's plans. That's because ever since Windows 8 emerged in October, numerous third-party utilities have sprung up that restore the Start Menu, allow you to boot the PC directly into the desktop mode, and otherwise reassert the desktop's primacy over the Start Screen. They essentially allow you to use Windows as you always have.


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