Microsoft is testing native Windows 11 app performance improvements, with early benchmarks showing faster launches and significantly reduced resource usage.
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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.
A simple tweak has been found that makes File Explorer in Windows 11 faster, and it also fixes one really annoying issue.
The developer of one of the most popular Windows 11 third-party unofficial requirements bypass app has expressed their disappointment with the OS.
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.
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.
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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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.
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.
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