However, he didn’t remember about leaving his notebook in silent mode. In the video, he says that he needed to take care of his newborn baby in one night and, in the meantime, he wanted to access the internet. Harris gives an example based on his own experience. In circumstances like these, the startup sound can be inconvenient or even annoying. The user can open his notebook in bed, at night, or on a plane trip, for example. Laptops and the like expand the possibilities of using the computer. While Microsoft focused on adapting Windows to a “mobile-first” approach (which prioritizes notebooks, 2-in-1 notebooks and the like), Harris realized that the startup sound might be inadequate in the new reality. But Harris and his team decided not to keep the startup sound as a default feature because of a shift in focus: when Windows 8 was developed, the number of users who prioritized notebooks over desktops was already quite impressive. The feature exists and you can activate it at any time. In a video posted on his YouTube channel during the end of May, the designer and engineer reveals that, at his decision, Windows 8 and later Windows 10 no longer came with startup sound enabled. Harris has long led the Windows User Experience (WUE) team. Notebook with Windows 10 (image: Emerson Alecrim/Tecnoblog)
