Talk:start button

start button
start + button. The rest is completely encyclopedic and not part of the actual definition. -- Liliana • 15:40, 22 November 2011 (UTC)


 * Compare Start and (capitalised) Start button, the thing in Windows. Equinox ◑ 15:43, 22 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Any button/key/arrow can be known this way, like up button, down button, etc. 'Button' is just a qualifier to make clear what the context is, delete. --Mglovesfun (talk) 18:20, 23 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete. The function of the Start button depends on the game and the context in the game, just like all the other buttons on a controller (left/right trigger, left/right bumper, select button, dpad, etc.....) and should thus not be included in a dictionary. Jamesjiao → T ◊ C 03:28, 24 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete if it doesn’t have another meaning like reset button does. — T AKASUGI Shinji (talk) 08:11, 24 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Don't delete. It can additionally refer to the button in Windows. Foreigners find the definition handy.
 * Keep, I think "start" means to begin and that "start [button]" means to open up the main directory of a computer's various software programs, I also know this is a hard to translate term and would be useful for that too.Lucifer 11:41, 4 December 2011 (UTC)
 * The button in Windows is capitalized though, as in Start button. That might merit inclusion. (We have taskbar too, for example, as well as Start Menu.) -- Liliana • 13:02, 4 December 2011 (UTC)
 * I think its used in the singular too, I'll look for sources and create the capitalized version too.Lucifer 23:02, 4 December 2011 (UTC)
 * I think the term is misleading because it's not generic. The menus in other graphical interfaces like KDE or Gnome are not called start menus despite matching the definition. The start menu is specifically the one in Windows. —CodeCat 23:13, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

I wrote a new, more generic definition, but to be honest, it still looks very much like start + button. --Hekaheka 23:20, 15 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Any on button is sop but start button is the graphic user interface "button" used in operating systems and is both idiomatic and a set term. start means to begin and button is something on your shirt or or something you literally press.Lucifer 00:36, 19 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Your argument is better used to support the computer (and other technology) meaning of button. You could similarly argue for stop button, pause button, fast forward button ... where do we stop?    D b f  i  r  s   19:09, 3 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete "start button" doesn't carry more meaning than "green button", "square button"... The (computer science) definition is not correct since it is specific to Windows operating systems (actually only some versions, introduced with W95 and I think now dropped in W8) and even if capitalized I'm not sure it should be included either since button is just a context for "Start", it could be simply added to Start. Fedso (talk) 10:13, 9 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Deleted. — Ungoliant (Falai) 21:56, 12 August 2012 (UTC)