Start Me Up: The Story Of The Start Menu & Taskbar (feat. @MichaelMJD, @ComputerClan, @LGR & more!)

In early August 2021, almost 30 years since his work on Windows, I approached Daniel Oran - the creator of the Start menu and taskbar - to ask if he would be interested in sharing his story, in the form of an interview. He was more than willing, and in the weeks that followed, members of the Windows community both on YouTube, and elsewhere online, sent in their suggestions for questions to be put to Daniel.

This video tells the story of Daniel’s creations through his responses, narrated by a group of nine well-known members of the Windows community on YouTube. With their help, for the first time, we can hear in more detail than ever before, the story behind the development of arguably the most recognisable and influential user interface in the history of operating systems. This is its story…

With thanks to @MichaelMJD, @MattKC, @ComputerClan, @LGR, @OsFirstTimer, @Endermanch, @NTDEV and @WindowsCentral for their help narrating Daniel's story.

Music (in order of appearance): Divider by Chris Zabriskie, Oxygen Garden by Chris Zabriskie, Wonder Cycle by Chris Zabriskie, CGI Snake by Chris Zabriskie, Candlepower by Chris Zabriskie and Velkommen by Stan LePard.

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[OsFirstTimer]

Hi guys, it was pretty cool being both a part of narrating this video and also being a part of the live chat. What a great collection of OS Based and tech YouTubers Windows on Windows managed to organize and coordinate to put this masterpiece together!

[MichaelMJD]

Love how this turned out! Thanks for having me aboard

[relt_]

the crossover episode nobody expected yet everybody needed

[EdvardiJ]

THIS WAS ABSOLUTELY AMAZINGLY LEGENDARY! The fact that you’ve gathered such respected names in the community to lend a hand in this amazing video made me feel as if I was watching a documentary on one of the most fascinating things in modern computing! I was entertained the whole way through — it felt much shorter than 30 minutes!

[ramashankarpandey]

I know this is now 4 months old, but still good to see Microsoft evolving 😊😃

[nvagn]

Love seeing how much effort went into this, it's kind of amazing that so many passionate people collaborated in it
also, at 15:55 Raymond Chen had a good explanation why it was changed to be on the bottom of the screen; as X=0 and Y=0 was a point in the upper left corner of the screen and as that space was taken by the taskbar, it'd be common for programs to just appear there and have their title bars covered up by the taskbar, making it impossible to move the window (which still sometimes happens in newer versions with taskbar at the top)

[forcequitOS]

This is the crossover episode of general OS YouTubers. Legitimately insane. Surprised it took me so long to come across this gem!

[markusTegelane]

I literally know every single content creator that narrated these answers. What an amazing collaboration! Thank you for this video!

[flicka]

I was around when the Start and taskbar showed up....but I never really knew how much work went into it....seems kind of natural somehow...something we take for granted....kudos for the video

[johnnycha]

This video is cool; it really felt like a documentary more than anything!

[StillLeanpTTV]

watched through the entire thing and really enjoyed it, great work WoW!

[andresbravo]

Taskbar and Start menu really is amazing!

[NekoSam]

Good video, nice explanation, and great discoveries. Finally here, a perfect mix-in-one.

[PCWindowstechguy]

I really liked this video because I now know the history and who created the legendary start menu which began in windows 95. This video will probably go on my favorites. Keep the good videos going. Also congrats on 10k subscribers

[Soulfur]

I LOVED THIS VIDEO! shoutout to everyone who participated, and shoutout to all of YOU for supporting this channel to get this point :)

[novatiberium]

The best Windows on Windows video anyone's ever waited for. Netflix long version next?

[whitebeartigtig]

I'm gonna be staying up late tonight to watch this. I may have exams tomorrow, but this is too good of a video to miss the premiere to.

[NotJohnTanner]

The video quality is insane and I like how you get a lot of content creators to voice this video also Mattkc!!!

[MrRetroGeek]

I loved this video! The fact you guys got so many creators together to tell the story of the most iconic part of windows is amazing. Great job guys!

[Minetheground]

i was shocked to be jumped into mjd, i thought i went to a mjd vid but the just caught me by suprise and i love that