People resist change. The Windows ball hasn't had start on it since 2007, yet people still call it the "Start Menu." It's back in 8.1 and it basically does the same thing the Windows key does, it brings you to the Windows 8 Desktop. What is wrong with the Windows 8 desktop? Basically it doesn't look like the Windows 7 flop up menu, that's the bottom line. People attacked the flop up "Start" button in Windows 95 when it first came out, for very valid reasons, but people have grown used to it and they now cling to it. Face it, the flop up Windows ball was a dumb idea in 1994 and is even dumber 2 decades later. I, for one, am happy to see it gone.