The fact John that there are so many Start Menu utilities of this type rather shows what most people think of Microsoft's interface. No one would bother to write an app if there was no demand.

We aren't supposed to agree .

LOL !!!!

I believe this is the reason Steve Sikorsky and Steve Ballmer no longer work at Microsoft.

Shouldn't things be getting more intuitive?

There is also a magnifying glass button you can click on first if you don't realise you can just start tyiping, of course this wastes an extra click.

Obviously Microsoft should plaster a big warning sign on the start screen saying "oh by the way, just in case it isn't obvious, you can start typing here and we'll do a search for you, you know, just like in Windows 7".

You can accomplish almost any task quicker on Windows 8 compared to Windows 7, fact. This is by utilizing the keyboard and mouse. By all means choose to live in the stone age and not take advantage of improvements. Not my problem. Not saying its perfect, but I'll take Windows 8 over 7 any day of the week. In fact, I refuse to use Windows 7 for work purposes, it just slows me down too much.

Where's the Metro Start screen in Windows 7? Where in Windows 7 can you just start typing into nothing and get search results come up?

Edited by RobertoS (Mon 09-Mar-15 22:44:15)

In Windows Vista, press the start button, and start typing, you get search results.
In Windows 7, press the start button, and start typing, you get search results.
In Windows 8, press the start button, and start typing, you get search results.
In Windows 8.1, press the start button, and start typing, you get search results.

Those search results are improved in each version too.

From memory, as my Win 7 machine is off, doesn't clicking the Start button give you (amongst other things) an entry field near to it with the carat in it?

Yes.