Neowin News Feed for: Xaml

Microsoft testing native Windows 11 app performance with impressive early results

Sayan Sen — Wed, 13 May 2026 06:30:02 +0000

Microsoft is testing native Windows 11 app performance improvements, with early benchmarks showing faster launches and significantly reduced resource usage. Read more...

Microsoft shares how upcoming Windows 11 updates greatly improve Start, Settings, Explorer

Sayan Sen — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 08:54:01 +0000

A Microsoft senior official has suggested that "all" of the Control Panel will be redundant eventually. This comes as the company works on "100% native" apps on Windows 11 as part of the big revamp. Read more...

Simple tweak makes Windows 11 File Explorer faster and fixes a very annoying bug

Sayan Sen — Thu, 04 Dec 2025 20:36:01 +0000

A simple tweak has been found that makes File Explorer in Windows 11 faster, and it also fixes one really annoying issue. Read more...

Unofficial Windows 11 requirements bypass app developer is truly disappointed with Microsoft

Sayan Sen — Mon, 01 Dec 2025 12:28:02 +0000

The developer of one of the most popular Windows 11 third-party unofficial requirements bypass app has expressed their disappointment with the OS. Read more...

Microsoft finally admits almost all major Windows 11 core features are broken

Sayan Sen — Thu, 20 Nov 2025 19:03:48 +0000

Microsoft has confirmed that Windows 11 Shell and every associated core feature and element are actually broken, and have been like this for many months. Read more...

New System32 files suggest Microsoft may ditch UWP for XAML and Win32-based Windows 11 Shell

Sayan Sen — Fri, 03 Nov 2023 09:16:01 +0000

A bunch of new files were quietly added to the Windows 11 System32 folder and they seem to suggest Microsoft may be looking to ditch UWP in favor of XAML and Win32-based shell on Windows 11. Read more...

Bug or feature? Microsoft might be working on movable Taskbar on Windows 11 after all

Sayan Sen — Tue, 07 Mar 2023 16:02:01 +0000

The ability to move the Taskbar has been one of the most requested features on Windows 11. Although Microsoft expressed that it wasn't quite ready to do so last year, things might finally be changing. Read more...

Microsoft Weekly: Ads for Edge, the next major update for Windows 11, and bugs

Usama Jawad — Sat, 25 Feb 2023 15:00:01 +0000

This week's edition of Microsoft Weekly contains interesting news items about ads for Edge, current and upcoming Windows development, and bugs in Microsoft's OS. Find out more in our latest digest! Read more...

Microsoft may soon ditch DirectUI and move to XAML, WinAppSDK on next-gen Windows 11

Sayan Sen — Mon, 20 Feb 2023 06:04:01 +0000

Earlier this year, the Windows 11 "Gallery" app leaked. Now, we have more information about the feature, which also reveals Microsoft's intent to move on from DirectUI onto XAML and WinAppSDK. Read more...

Microsoft launches new WinUI website, listing the advantages of the platform

Abhay V — Mon, 16 Mar 2020 19:16:01 +0000

Microsoft has launched a new WinUI website that lists the advantages of using the platform. The firm aims to get developers to migrate their existing apps to use the modern UI of Windows 10 and 10X. Read more...

XAML Controls Gallery shows off more Fluent Design changes coming in Windows 10

Rich Woods — Fri, 26 Oct 2018 19:50:01 +0000

Microsoft has added new content to its XAML Controls Gallery app, showing off some new Fluent Design System elements that should be coming to Windows 10 in a future feature update. Read more...

Microsoft releases Windows UI Library Preview for UWP app developers

Usama Jawad — Mon, 23 Jul 2018 19:50:01 +0000

Microsoft has announced the release of the Windows UI Library Preview, which facilitates UWP app developers by cutting ties with SDK releases, and opting for more flexibility using NuGet packages. Read more...

Microsoft's Fluent Design System is on the way to Win32 apps

João Carrasqueira — Mon, 07 May 2018 17:46:01 +0000

Microsoft today revealed that developers will be able to use elements from its Fluent Design System in their apps, regardless of whether they're made using the Universal Windows Platform. Read more...

Microsoft outlines its plans for Project Islandwood

Usama Jawad — Sat, 16 Jul 2016 10:46:01 +0000

Microsoft has outlined the changes it'll be making to Project Islandwood - its open source tool to port iOS apps to Windows - with better implementation of UIKit combined with XAML. Read more...

Microsoft likes WinJS for making Windows 8 apps but most developers prefer XAML

John Callaham — Thu, 23 Jan 2014 15:32:21 +0000

A new survey of popular Windows 8 apps shows that most third party developers use XAML, while most of Microsoft's first party Modern apps for the OS are developed using WinJS. Read more...

XAML IntelliSence Patch for PDC "Whidbey" & "Longhorn"

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 03 Dec 2003 10:05:41 +0000

Overview The IntelliSense in the PDC bits while editing XAML had problems inside Style elements as well as when completing tags and reformatting. This patch addresses those issues to improve the developer experience. ... Read more...

PDC: Some concerns about Avalon, XAML

Brad Wardell — Wed, 29 Oct 2003 02:40:47 +0000

Today was day 2 at PDC and the developer sessions showed off some incredibly cool technologies that will be in Longhorn. Longhorn promises to be a panacea for software developers. But what about... Read more...