Update: The software will not be available until 12:00pm EDT.
Pokki start menu for free#
The Windows 8 beta is available for free here. It’s fundamentally different from every other version of Windows. After launching in the summer of 2011 and quickly raising $13M from Intel, Google and others,įUD or not, Windows 8 can be overwhelming and frustrating to the casual or everyday user. The company is growing at a rapid pace too. And sorry, I just cannot stop calling it ‘Metro.’” If you’re imagining the standard Start Menu where all you get is the list of installed programs, then you’ll be surprised to see that Pokki has many other features and apps that work within its version of the Start Menu, despite not diverting from taking the place of the old. Today, we’ve found a free program called Pokki which brings back the Start Menu to WIndows 8. “We’re worried that users may be confused without any bridge, so we have decided to help users who are transitioning to the new OS, by providing Start Menu functionality along with the modern app experience users already love about Pokki. Because of the Start Button’s absence, programmers have come up with many replacements to mimic the old Start Button. “On October 26th, Microsoft is foisting its touch-oriented ‘Metro’ interface on the world and we just don’t know if it will work for the 1.3 billion PC users out there, all heavily reliant on keyboard, mouse and desktop,” said Chester Ng, co-founder and CMO at SweetLabs, in a released statement today. Left click that icon > takes you to Start Window tiles > in upper right corner there are power options > Shut down, etc. Plus, it offers a way to bypass Metro and boot directly to the classic interface. Right click the far left Windows icon in the Taskbar > hover mouse over Shut down or sign out > Sign out, Sleep, Shut down, Restart. There’s a shut down button, application list, and links to the users’ documents, music, and pictures folders for the more nostalgic among you. It claims to allow to access various programs more easily, but it also seems that it hijacks browsers and makes unwanted changes. The application changes the Start Menu interface to resemble the one on smartphones. The Pokki Menu sports traditional buttons and functions as well. Pokki Start Menu is a legitimate application classified as a potentially unwanted program (PUP) by some AV vendors. The most common release is 0.269.7.660, with over 76 of all installations currently using this. Also new this time around is a panel for Pokki app notifications. Pokki Start Menu is a software program developed by SweetLabs. It also offers an icon-based app menu where users can pin Pokki apps, Windows apps or web pages.
Pokki start menu install#
First off, the menu features an easy way to install Pokki apps with suggestions and one-click installs. I saw it in action and it replicates most of the functions found in the normal Start Menu but adds several novel features. The Windows 8 Pokki Menu is crowd-pleaser.
Like previous builds of Pokki, the software also packs a web app store for easy distribution of HTML 5 apps which now includes several marquee titles including Angry Birds, Pandora and Pinterest. It adds a Start menu back into Windows 8 that is loaded with functionality above that found in previous versions of Windows. SweetLabs took the wraps off a new and improved version of its Pokki software this morning.
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