Start 9 -A new Windows 10 start menu replacement
Well now, as far as the phrase start menu replacement goes... recently it seems that every other software developer is coming up with one of these nowadays...Start10 by Stardock, Classic Shell has one, Start Menu X from Ordinarysoft, Start Menu 8 are just a few to name, taking from the success of the most popular of them all, Start Is Back aka SiB++. Microsoft's native windows 10 start menu is not a thing for all crowds it seems(BIG SURPRISE there), but are the alternatives good enough to make a place on your desktop? You be the judge as I would like to unveil this beta(ish), skinnable start menu replacement for Windows 10 that may not have hit the main streams yet but has got heaps of potential & good number of features already, called Start 9.
Start 9- One very cool & unique feature of this program is that it supports older Windows platforms too, starting all the way from Windows Vista!! Developer Splitwirez, has been working on this for a while now but it has been limited to test builds on Discord & being part of the testing team I must say I'm quite impressed the way it has progressed. So when I asked Splitwirez about doing a feature on this the last time, he was a bit reluctant as the builds were not stable enough@ the time he said, but seeing as how he has recently posted an update @ Virtual Customs forum thread for the program, I decided to go ahead & put it on here at the site.
Details & status of the program & it's development as is stated on the forums thread in VC:
CURRENTLY-WORKING FEATURES: - Build 9841 - 9901 style Start Menu - Build 9926 style Start Menu - Start Menus are ever-increasingly skinnable - Drag-rearrangeable Tiles, with support for displaying Live Tile content from Metro/UWP apps (WIP, not all tile templates are supported yet) - Skinnable reimplemented Task View (WIP) - Start/Task View/Search Buttons/Bar, all with support for separate images for each edge of the screen, separate small/large taskbar images, theme color masks
TO DO: - Build 10240 style Start Menu - Build 14393 style Start Menu - Build 15063 style (single-column) Start Menu - Jump Lists - Make Search actually work - Generally make things work better - Virtual Desktops for Task View
Whenever the first public/stable release is out be sure to read all about it & how to get a copy @ DOATHEMES.