First you have to FIX "the native UI' .
My points are getting muddied.
Start8/10 are UTILITIES, and as such they provide a nice function. The necessity of this function is only in the eyes of the end user.
For ME, I don't use it. It's nice, but if I had relied on this then I would not be as familiar as I am with the natural state of the OS. I get paid to know how to support the native OS. I'm a firm believer that one should be well versed in the natural functions before they make such a drastic change.
I'm not interested in another whine ass debate about how borked the metro start MENU is. The lazy reviewers damned it early based on a 2 minute look and spread their drivel like wild fire. So much pre-conceived hate was mainstream before it even hit the shelf, and I'm not at all shocked that Start8 was a cash cow.
It's much too late in the game now to change this nonsensical opinion, so I'm sure Start10 will be just as big.
Brad has some valid points concerning the missing functions of Win10 menu. I'm that putting us back to what is essentially a Win7 menu is the absolute best solution to those problems.
Now, that part out of the way, I'll go on.
CUSTOMIZATION is what brought me to WC/Stardock some 14+ years ago.
I didn't have to bastardize the basic OS to customize it. If I wanted to change it ( DesktopX, LiteStep, etc.. ) I had that choice. I often did.
Now... not so much.
Windowblinds is pretty much useless unless you first put on Start8/10.
I want to see my customization apps, customize my interface without resorting to something that changes the shell to a point that keeps me in the stone ages.
