The Windows 11 Start menu is a functional menu, but not much more. Does that mean that Microsoft never had any better ideas?

Windows designers share concepts they explored for a new Start menu for Windows 11, before settling on one that does little ...

Windows 11 was accompanied by a new Start menu design, but like the rest of the system, it was a functional step backward.

People pointed out that modern Windows Search is good at finding everything except the one thing it was designed for.

The new Start menu is significantly larger and wider than the current one and it features a separate panel for the Phone Link app—which Microsoft refers to as a “phone companion in Start”—where users ...