The Old New Thing

Why did the word Start disappear from the Start button?

December 14, 2009 Dec 14, 2009 12/14/09

Raymond Chen

Commenter Mike Dunn would like to know why the word Start disappeared from the Start button in Windows Vista. After all, adding the word Start helped new users figure out what they should click first. I don't know but I can guess. To emphasize that these are guesses, I went back in after I wrote them and added all sorts of weasel words. ...