Stardock prepares the application for the upcoming Windows Blue

Mar 29, 2013 13:31 GMT  ·  By

Today, Stardock released a new beta for Start8 (reviewed here), their alternative for the classic Start button under Windows 8 operating system.

Stat8 1.14 beta is simply the developer’s attempt to prepare the application for the upcoming operating system from Microsoft, dubbed Windows Blue. As such, the fresh revision contains updates designed for compatibility testing with the announced OS.

Apart from this, the developer informs that Start8 1.14 beta also contains optimizations to icon loading code and the list of frequently used applications. As a direct result, overall experience with the list should be improved noticeably.

Start8 is available for $4.99/ 3.84 EUR and can be tested for free for a period of 30 days. It is designed to improve the experience with Windows 8 by mimicking the original start button in Windows 7.

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