To get quickly to the Start Screen, Pokki has an icon at the lower left.
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Like Start8, Pokki also allows you to boot directly into the desktop, skipping the Start Screen.
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Its core Start Screen apps, like email and calendar, while improved, are still crude.
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While they're pinned to the Start Screen, each app will open up on the desktop.
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Your phone's start screen will become a search page, maybe Google 's , maybe Yahoo!
Windows 8, in my view, hasn't made much progress in improving its tabletlike aspect, the Start Screen.
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Allows you to bypass the Windows 8 Start screen at login and go straight to the desktop.
Like other Windows 8 machines, the Surface starts up in the new, radically different, tile-based Start screen.
SuperSize allows the Windows 8 Start screen and Windows 8 Apps to seamlessly span across multiple monitors.
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You can set the Windows key to open Pokki, not the Start Screen.
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The Start screen is the main access point for your Portable Media Center.
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In this Windows, the Start screen is a patchwork of colorful, interactive tiles.
Pin your apps to your Start screen for live updates at a glance.
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The "S" in the word "Start" on the Start screen, for instance, is thinner, less jagged than on the RT.
The Start screen is always the most personal screen and Live Tiles on Windows Phone 8 makes that personalization possible.
People can arrange the iconic Start screen however they want by pinning their favorite people, apps, music, games, photos and more.
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On the Start Screen, it ran tablet-type, full-screen apps like Twitter, Kindle, The Wall Street Journal and the New York Times.
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Live Apps bring information right to the Start screen, such as the Groupon deal of the day, flight information and news headlines.
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According to several reports, Blue will give users the option to replace the new start screen with a traditional desktop by default.
The same process repeats for the bottom half of the start screen.
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Another change will allow users to boot their computers directly into desktop mode, meaning they can avoid ever using the Start Screen if they wish.
It's also why the default behavior in opening photos and videos is to use the new full-screen viewers in the start screen mode.
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During installation you will be asked if you want to automatically go to the classic desktop when you login, bypassing the Start Screen.
You can also double tap with one finger to return to the Start Screen, and double tap with two fingers to show the desktop.
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Windows 8 features the new fast and fluid Start screen that gives people one-click access to the apps and content they care most about.
The panel quality is especially noticeable when you view the Windows 8 Start Screen: tiles pop out in true, bright hues against the vibrant background.
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You can group your friends, pin them to your Start screen to get live updates and easily text, email and IM them all at once.
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It's now called a "Start Tip" as it isn't a proper button, but you can click on it and bring up the tiled Start Screen interface.
Three sizes of Live Tiles and 20 bright color choices including cobalt, crimson and lime mean you can personalize your Start screen to be unmistakably yours.
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