How has the Windows Start menu evolved? Looking back in time as Microsoft turns 50
On August 24, 1995, Microsoft introduced the Start menu as a central hub for accessing programs, documents, and system ...
Microsoft veteran software engineer explains the development of the Start menu as a Windows 95 feature before it turned into a Windows 11 'billboard'
It's worth noting that Windows 95 already had a Start menu but was riddled with critical ... allowing it to fit in the bar.
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Start Me Up: What Has The Windows 95 Desktop Given Us 25 Years Later?
the spiritual if not codebase descendant of Windows 95, has a Start menu and a task bar that will be visibly familiar to a user from 25 years before. They were so popular with users that when ...