Microsoft Explains Why It Cannot Blame Itself for Slow Windows 11 Improvements
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One of the notable features of the Windows 11 operating system is that certain elements still retain the visual style of past decades. In an interview with Windows Central, Microsoft Vice President of Design and Research Marcus Ash clarified the reasons for this uneven interface and shared the software giant's plans for this. Such familiar components as... The post Why Windows 11 Still Uses a 20-Year-Old Design: A Microsoft Vice President Explai…
In an interview with the tech website Windows Central, a Microsoft executive explains why the "legacy" interface and applications still used in Windows 11 are taking so long to be updated. [Read more] All our articles are also on our Google profile: follow us so you don't miss anything!
Twenty years ago, the first day with a new computer and Windows looked almost the same for everyone. Today, the situation is completely different. Back then, after starting it, programs were downloaded and installed, such as a usable music and video player, archiver, file manager, communication program, graphics editor, and more. Only then was the computer ready for work.
Microsoft Executive Says Windows 11 Tools Like Control Panel Are Taking Too Long To Become Modernized As Company Wants To Keep Its “Compatibility Promise”
Some of Windows 11's tools, like Control Panel, File Explorer, Registry Editor, and others, look unchanged from Windows 10 and Windows 7. Seeing as these lack of changes look out of place for a modernized OS, a Microsoft executive explains why it’s taking so long for the company. It’s not that the software giant doesn’t want to incorporate a change, but it wants to ensure that functionality is maintained. Changing the Control Panel is “tricky,” …
"Control Panel gets tricky" Microsoft CVP explains why killing Windows legacy code takes so long, and how it's evolving its tools to make modernizing apps like File Explorer and Registry Editor faster
Microsoft's CVP of Design and Research for Windows and Devices, Marcus Ash sat down with the Windows Central Podcast to discuss ongoing work around Windows 11's UI, and how the company is moving to finally eradicate the OS of legacy cruft while maintaining backward compatibility where possible.We started with Control Panel, which is everyone's go-to as a measurement for the progress the company has made to modernize Windows. Microsoft first bega…
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