Recently Microsoft has been touting how it's doubling down on its efforts to improve Windows 11, especially in terms of performance. The company is finally releasing some long-requested features on Windows 11, like for Windows Update, and the ability to remove not-so-popular features like Copilot.
Such announcements highlight enhancements to Start, Settings, and File Explorer, with the company promising faster load times and smoother navigation across these core components. According to Microsoft, some of these upgrades should be rolling out broadly very, very soon.
Almost since its inception, Windows 11 has faced criticism for sluggish UI/UX and inconsistent system behavior. In response, Microsoft has often promised that it will improve in various areas like streamlining the Start menu, File Explorer and Settings navigation, and more.
According to a new report by Windows Central, at the heart of this push is the supposed new "K2" initiative which will lean heavily on WinUI 3, Microsoft’s latest in-house fluent design framework for building Windows apps. The report suggests that K2 could be referring to a new System Compositor that's being developed to reduce latency and memory overhead, so as to ensure that critical UI elements such as the Start menu and Taskbar remain responsive even under heavy system load.
Microsoft is said to be rebuilding the Start menu from scratch with WinUI 3 (the company has already confirmed 100% native apps are on the way) and the newly redesigned menu could be up to 60% faster than the current version with new customization options such as resizing and hiding sections. Hence the gist of it is that the new purported K2 plan is a roadmap of how Microsoft wants Windows 11 to evolve such that users find it great to use now and in the near future.
Source: Windows Central
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