The desktop still exists in Windows 8, but it’s represented as just one app among many on a redesigned Start screen.

虽然Window 8仍然保留了桌面，但是它仅仅代表着在启动程序上的一个应用。

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Start This button takes the user to the start screen of the phone; it is otherwise inaccessible to programs running on the phone.

这个按钮将把用户带到手机的开始页面，在另一些情况在一些运行在手机的程序中是不可以被使用的。

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These apps have the same look and feel as Windows 8 itself, and they help form the grid of information on Windows 8′s busy Start screen.

这些应用和Windows 8本身在外观和使用感觉上都非常像，并且它们有助于在Windows 8繁忙的启动屏幕上形成网格状的信息。

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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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