This morning we’ve covered Windows 8 Metro Start widget which brings Microsoft next operating System Metro Start Menu to Windows 7, another developer inspired from Windows 8 Demoed video yesterday developed Pulmon Start freeware portable app which also Windows 8 like Metro Start Menu to Windows 7.
Using Pulmon Start
Download and extract the program archive to a folder and run Pulmon Start executable. Metro UI Start Menu appears, clock will be displayed on top when you hover the mouse pointer over the Metro Start menu. You can drag the Clock to beneath and place it above the task bar.
You can make Metro Start Menu to hide or stay top by right-clicking on it and selecting
Options. You can set this program to run at startup from program options.
Pulmon Start aka Metro Start Menu contains following
Settings – opens Control Panel
Devices – opens Device Manager
Share - opens Network and Sharing Center
Search – opens search results window to perform search
Start – opens Start menu in Windows 7.
Pulmon Start features
- Metro UI
- All functions are working properly
- Options to access Settings, Devices, Share and Search
- Choice to run on startup
- Always On Top function
Pulmon Start works on Windows XP/Vista/7.
Microsoft removed the Start Menu and the Start Button completely. If I wanted to do all my office work on a tablet, I would have gone and bought myself a new iPad (which I still might do, if I’m forced to choose between a Windows tablet and an iPad). Why can’t we just leave the tablet market to Apple and the PC market to Microsoft? Don’t get me wrong, I like Windows 8 in general, but what happened to freedom of speech and choices. In Windows XP we had the choice to switch back to the Classic Start Menu and in Windows 7 we have XP Mode.
It looks like in Windows 8, the only choices we have are to tablet or not to tablet. Rizonesoft started a petition to ask Microsoft to at least give us a choice between the interfaces and bring the Start Menu back. Go here: http://www.rizonesoft.com/2012/bring-back-the-start-menu/ for more information about the petition. Please help Rizonesoft accomplish this almost impossible task by signing and sharing this petition.