Three questions for Stardock staff (Start 10) ...

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Hi - great work with Start 10.

Three questions, please:

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1) Why aren't there any animations (e.g. fade in/out) for the start menu itself?

The regular Start Menu has a nice animation that occurs when it appears and closes.  Would be nice to see the same happen with Start 10.

Are there any plans to add something like this?

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2) Users have the option within Start 10 to use the regular Start Menu.  Why doesn't Start 10 allow configuration options for that?

Sure would appreciate having some kind of configuration option to put all these "universal" applications into one folder, for example.

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3) When will the next update be available?  What's Stardock's update schedule for Start 10?  What can we expect next?

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Thanks.

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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

Follow-up: No one from Stardock has responded to this.  I see that Neil Banfield of Stardock did reply to other forum posts while not responding to mine, which specifically requested a response from Stardock.  Sure would be nice to get a response, especially in light of that very same fact (the one that I just stated).  I'm not being a "jerk," but am calling out Stardock on this lack of congruence in customer service.  Cannot cherry-pick what posts to reply to and what posts not to reply to.  I also see that there are other numerous forum posts by others that have gone unanswered, as well.  Again, not being a "jerk" (and am definitely not being "passive-aggressive" or anything like that).  I'm just being straight up about what I'm seeing here.  That's all.  In any case, I would appreciate a reply to my questions, as I'm sure others would for their unanswered questions.  Thanks.

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

Firstly I should explain that I am not Stardock Support (they have a support badge under their username) and your original post was on a weekend.  Patience is a virtue remember.

1) Start10 is animated by WindowFX if you have that product, but we opted not to make it animated by default because animations slow down access to the menu and you are opening the menu for a specific reason

2) This is not an area we have looked into yet

3) Honestly when it is ready.  There may be an update soon for an issue some people are having with the latest Win10 update, but I cannot promise specific dates for the next updates as it will depend on many things.

 

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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top

Hi there - thanks for replying.  Appreciate it.

I do not want to get into a "pissing contest," but I am only going by what I personally saw, weekend or not.  That's all.  (Thanks.)

And as for your other responses - read on: 1) Gotcha re: WindowFX.  Really wish Start 10 would at least have the option to animate or not.  That way, customers wouldn't have to spend $10 for WindowsFX.  2) Windows 10's default start menu, when made smaller, is reminiscent of the older start menu from Windows 95 through XP (when set to "classic").  Would be great if Stardock could make all universal apps go into one folder in the default start menu - that'd be very efficient organization, etc.  Please consider it.  And lastly, 3) Gotcha re: update.  I understand re: not being able to "promise" specific dates.

Thanks again.