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Although corners have infinite access, I doubt anyone is using mouse anymore to open start menu
Current fastest pipeline is Press Win button - start typing what you need
And it is convenient for eyes when menu is in the center.
Have you never worked in an office?
At least 95% of users use their cursor to open start.
The majority rarely use their keyboard for anything other than typing sentences.
I am not talking about these people. They are not bothered or affected by UX microoptinizations of having infinite speed access areas.
Judging by how my original comment is downvoted, I for sure hit something in those who are bothered and who for some unknown for me reason are still using mouse to open Start menu, so it is important for them to have it on the left.
It is literally the same as with pineapple pizza. Internet told them to hate it, so they do, lol.
As an IT professional I’ve noticed that the search bar has subsumed almost all interaction with the Start menu. Most people I work with don’t even know what it is anymore.
And that’s before the concept of typing something while Start is open to search, which is unintuitive for a lot of “monkey see/monkey do” users.
At first you think its the young ones that have never used a version of Windows with the word "Start" next to, but then you run into people of any age that dont know what the start menu is and you have to start calling it the windows button. Its infuriating
I'm currently back to Win+R and either whatever I want to start or CMD, because I have to work with a bunch of Windows PCs for my job and about 30% or so will randomly decide to crash the Explorer or at least the searchbar.
On a tangent; just yesterday I had to out-bug two bugs with another two bugs, to get a notebook to almost do what I want. It's great.
If you're already at this point of being a computer whiz, why are you not using Windows+R and skip the middleman of the menu?