Ten years have passed since Windows 8 was launched to the world. Some early concept images for Windows 8 have been shared by former Windows chief Steven Sinofsky in a new video. There are concepts for the Start menu, multiple monitor support, and more.
In the spring of 2010, Microsoft held an all-team event for the Windows org at the Seattle Convention Center. The team left the Seattle Convention Center after watching the video. It is a highlight of the many months we spent planning the release and all of the inputs into the Windows 8 project.
The Start menu that Microsoft pushed ahead with to make Windows 8 more touch friendly is one of the first concept images shared in the video. The removal of the Start button made it difficult to find, and it wasn't well received. The Start button can be found in its regular spot next to a touch friendly panel.
The video shows the same concept as it spans across multiple monitors. There is an updated Task Manager that is very different from what we are used to. Microsoft tinkered with the Task Manager in Windows 8 but never shipped it.
Microsoft wasn't always thinking about removing the Start button when it was working on Windows 8. Microsoft eventually brought back the Start button in Windows 8.1, but the OS will be remembered for Microsoft's troubled attempt to remake Windows for tablets while forgetting the primary way people use Windows with a keyboard and mouse, even 10 years later.
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