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Start8 VS TaskbarX

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Start8 logo Start8

Start8 returns the familiar Start menu to Microsoft's latest Windows 8 operating system.

TaskbarX logo TaskbarX

TaskbarX gives you control over the position of your taskbar icons.
  • Start8 Landing page
    Landing page //
    2021-09-12
  • TaskbarX Landing page
    Landing page //
    2021-12-01

Start8 videos

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Start8 review (and the reason why Metro UI's name was changed)

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  • Review - Start8 review
  • Tutorial - How to get Start Menu back in Windows 8 with Stardock Start8 - Tutorial

TaskbarX videos

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TaskbarX [Windows 10] App Review

More videos:

  • Review - Make your windows taskbar icons allign center // TaskbarX app overview

Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to Start8 and TaskbarX)

Start8

TaskbarX

Note Taking
38 38%
Note Taking
62% 62
LMS
43 43%
LMS
57% 57
OS & Utilities
75 75%
OS & Utilities
25% 25
Productivity
0 0%
Productivity
100% 100

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Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, TaskbarX seems to be more popular. It has been mentiond 86 times since March 2021. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.

Start8 mentions (0)

We have not tracked any mentions of Start8 yet. Tracking of Start8 recommendations started around Mar 2021.

TaskbarX mentions (86)

  • Why do you hate us, Microsoft? Biggest mistake was "upgrading" to Windows 11 in the first place
    TaskbarX for taskbar customization. TaskbarXI for Win11. Source: about 1 year ago
  • Black and White Laptop Setup
    Its a software called Rainmeter, basically you can put widgets and go crazy with customization. For the taskbar its called TaskbarX (its also a skin in Rainmeter). As for the live time its LunaIUI Widget. Source: about 1 year ago
  • My desktop theme for 2023 !
    For those wondering, I'm pretty certain this is done with rainmeter. It's similar to this setup which has all the used skins posted. Clock is the same except with a different font for the bottom text, clear taskbar is like taskbarx or translucent taskbar, I couldn't find anything similar to the audio player so it's probably self made or edited from another preexisting skin. Source: over 1 year ago
  • SteamDeck Windows 11 Guide - Installed Win 11 on the SteamDeck and don't know what to do next? This is for you.
    Taskbar X - Change the position and look of the taskbar. Source: over 1 year ago
  • Does Spotify have any intention of fixing this? It has been months!
    And the Clock Widget is of Jax-Core for Rainmeter. Using TaskbarX for taskbar transparency. Source: over 1 year ago
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What are some alternatives?

When comparing Start8 and TaskbarX, you can also consider the following products

Classic Shell - Classic Shell was developed for Windows 8 since that was the first version of the popular operating system to forgo the iconic Start menu.

RocketDock - RocketDock is a Mac OS X dock clone.

Open Shell - Open Shell is a fork of the Classic Shell project for Windows that getting back the classic start...

TaskbarDock - TaskbarDock offers a few extra features to customize your Windows 10 taskbar.

Start Menu X - Start Menu X with Start Button. Power users know how inconvenient and time-consuming it is to launch programs from the system menu.

7+ Taskbar Tweaker - 7+ Taskbar Tweaker allows you to configure various aspects of the Windows taskbar.

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