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		stackcollision on April 2, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Microsoft Will Soon Bring Back The Start Menu In W... I haven't actually used Windows 8 because I've heard it's so terrible. What I don't understand is this: > In the future, all of Microsoft’s Universal Windows apps will also run in a window. What does this mean? Are you telling me that every program I run in Windows 8 is full screen? That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard. The OS is called WINDOWS.

vertex-four on April 2, 2014 [–]

Every Metro app is full-screen, every normal Windows app runs in the desktop. It's remarkably annoying to have both paradigms forced on you.

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