Microsoft pulled back the curtain on some Start menu mock-ups that didn’t make it into Windows 11’s official release. In these early sketches, designers played around with a vertical side menu, a ...

The company says the goal was to make the Start menu easier to use, faster, and more personal, but not to change it so much ...

Microsoft is currently testing a redesigned version of the Windows 11 Start menu, one that reuses most of the familiar elements from the current design but reorganizes them and gives users a few ...

This month, Microsoft says it is reworking the Start menu in Windows 11 with a broader layout that at last allows you to turn ...

I've been running the Windows 25 mod for its excellent Start Menu, but Microsoft's upcoming redesign is tempting me to revert ...

Microsoft is redesigning the Start menu in Windows 11 this month with a new, wider design that finally lets you disable the ...

Microsoft has finalized the redesigned Start menu for Windows 11 after testing five prototype designs, focusing on enhanced ...

According to Microsoft, it rejected Start menu designs for Windows 11 before finalizing the new, customizable layout.

From full-screen chaos to phone-focused layouts, Microsoft’s early Start menu concepts took some wild turns.

Microsoft experimented with several radically different Start menu designs before finalising the update. Let's take a look.

Microsoft's Windows 11 design team revealed several Start concepts that could've been. Are they better than what we have now?

Windows 11 was accompanied by a new Start menu design, but like the rest of the system, it was a functional step backward.