Start8 needs better integration with ModernMix - and some features more

In my opinion, there are some point in which the integration between ModernMix and Start8 should improve.

For example, when the charms bar is disabled on the desktop (with Start8), ModernMix is unable to make it appear from the apposite button. It should happen. instead.

Moreover, Start8 still miss a few features to be perfect.

1) One thing that I still miss is the use of the top 4 pixels in the desktop: if I would like to select a Group of files onto the desktop, an hand appears and the desktop is closed like a Windows 8 app. It is pretty annoying. So I would appreciate a lot to be able to disable these unhappy Windows 8 feature, and use the top 4 pixels, just like in the screenshot that I attach.

 

2) I really would like to see the fullscreen Windows 8 Start with the taskbar, just like that:

 

I hope to see this possibility in a future release of Start8!

 

I even report another little bug: in Start8 (Windows 7 style), when all the files from a "recent files" list are deleted from the list (recent doc files from the contexual menu of Microsoft Word, for example) the arrow which shows it up doesn't disappear, and the the contexual menu (now empty) is not automatically closed, as it happened in Windows 7 start.

This is a screenshot:

 

 

Thanks.

 

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I must update this post.

1) the top 4 pixels are now available (in Start8 1.14 beta) enabling "Disable all hot corners in Desktop".

2) I found out what is the problem related to ModernMix. If trying to launch the Charms Bar from the top left corner (the transparent icon created by ModernMix for the Modern UI apps), the Charms will be shown only if the mouse pointer hasn't reached the top corner of the screen. Or the Charms will fail to appear.

I'm not sure if this problem is related to ModernMix or Start8, so say me if I should move this issue report to the ModernMix forum.