Post your Start Screen!

[GhostDog]

I use it to be cool and freak people out. I say it's a magical vortex into another world. Well when they're drunk they'll believe anything about Windows 8. I told them Captain Janeway was using it light years ahead of us

 

[Wenda]

I avoided the Start Screen like the proverbial plague on the DP and CP, and disliked it intensely. Once I got the Enterprise RTM, I started to actually use it and have a bit of a play around. Then had to do it all again when I bought the retail version. :-(

I now have it nicely customised, and set up so that it works for me.

There are several screenshots in this thread.....

Wenda.

 

[MrShowdown]

I avoided the Start Screen like the proverbial plague on the DP and CP, and disliked it intensely. Once I got the Enterprise RTM, I started to actually use it and have a bit of a play around. Then had to do it all again when I bought the retail version. :-(

I now have it nicely customised, and set up so that it works for me.

There are several screenshots in this thread.....

Wenda.

Me too!
I hated Windows 8 CP (never used DP), but over months and months and months i slowly liked it!

 

[AC]

As a user of W8 DP, CP, and RP, and Retail, I had an up and down journey with the start screen. Right now, I'm at a point where I enjoy the Start Screen. It has some nice features.

 

[Coke Robot]

As a user of W8 DP, CP, and RP, and Retail, I had an up and down journey with the start screen. Right now, I'm at a point where I enjoy the Start Screen. It has some nice features.

:thumb:
Yeah! Same boat here, from Windows 8 DP, CP, RP, RTM leak, and official RTM, Windows 8 has been nothing more but a pretty great journey of learning new things and taking advantage of new things that work real well.

 

[Pauliewog]

Here is my Start Screen.

 

[A Guy]

Hey Paulie, good to see you here. Welcome to Eight Forums. A Guy

 

[deadhead]

I use the start screen all the time.. its serves its purpose, and I don't even have a touch screen. As soon you use w8 on touch, in makes perfect sense.. for media consumption of course.

here is mine

 

[Coke Robot]

I use the start screen all the time.. its serves its purpose, and I don't even have a touch screen. As soon you use w8 on touch, in makes perfect sense.. for media consumption of course.

here is mine

Now THAT'S how you use a Start Screen!

 

[JohnBurns]

Here's my current Start Screen - using Start8 and Rainmeter:

 

[mdmd]

Now THAT'S how you use a Start Screen!

I don't know CR. I've tried lots of tiles, no tiles, huge tiles (using ease of access enlargement), massive tiles (using magnifier) a few tiles, live tiles with image shuffling, custom tiles, invisible tiles, tiles with customized text or pics, but ultimately, for me, a start screen that requires sideways movement (on a regular basis) can get to be annoying for me.

It just seems easier to me to press a key and select something listed. (from the apps area)
Websites, metro apps, games, office and photo programs can all be listed with 1 hot key.

And, from my perspective, large quantities of tiles do not agree with my need for neatness.

 

[Coke Robot]

Now THAT'S how you use a Start Screen!

I don't know CR. I've tried lots of tiles, no tiles, huge tiles (using ease of access enlargement), massive tiles (using magnifier) a few tiles, live tiles with image shuffling, custom tiles, invisible tiles, tiles with customized text or pics, but ultimately, for me, a start screen that requires sideways movement (on a regular basis) can get to be annoying for me.

It just seems easier to me to press a key and select something listed. (from the apps area)
Websites, metro apps, games, office and photo programs can all be listed with 1 hot key.

And, from my perspective, large quantities of tiles do not agree with my need for neatness.

I prefer everything on Start now because of a glitch this one time on the CP of Window 8 in a To Go drive. I like it that way, it is a literal Start launcher for EVERYTHING. The side scrolling doesn't bother me in the slightest, I have a Touch Mouse and currently playing with a touch AIO PC with my hard drive in it. It's splendid.

 

[Sonicaholic]

OK here's my latest set up.



I'm still not using the start window, it just makes no since to flit back and forth when its all on the desktop anyways but skinned it none the less.

 

[tcman50]

OK here's my latest set up.
View attachment 18392

View attachment 18393
I'm still not using the start window, it just makes no since to flit back and forth when its all on the desktop anyways but skinned it none the less.

mmm, spacy looking. also since should be sense

 

[JohnBurns]

Nice, Sonicaholic - are you using Rainmeter - the date, etc? If so, which skins?

 

[Hardryve]

I want to try and figure out how to get the picture in-line with the tiles.See how it sits lower on the screen,so it just looks uneven.

 

[AlanWade]

And my effort.....

 

[JohnBurns]

And my effort.....

View attachment 18498

Nice - I like minimalistic subtle colors.

 

[A Guy]

Welcome to Eight Forums Hardryve.

I like that AlanWade

A Guy

 

[AlanWade]

Thanks John and A Guy!
I usually change my Start Screen once a week to save me from getting bored with it.