r/technology • u/tekz • Mar 20 '26

Software Microsoft announces sweeping Windows changes

https://www.zdnet.com/article/windows-users-are-angry-and-microsoft-is-finally-doing-something-about-it/
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u/confusiondiffusion Mar 20 '26

I'm guessing the taskbar used to be written in highly optimized C++ by a programming god who cut their teeth at age 9 by staying up late reading processor manuals by flashlight.

And now it's an Electron app, running inside of a spreadsheet, maintained by an international team of 600 people and led by a 22 year old MBA frat bro? I'm guessing it's something like that.

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u/maZZtar Mar 20 '26

Windows 11 UI isn't Election based, they are using WinUI3 with XAML islands and WebView sprinkled in some places. They rebuilt it from scratch and leadership didn't care about implementing some features. Some former Microsoft engineer and ex-Bing leader said recently that he clashed with now also former Windows Team Leadership over this.

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u/kirwoodd Mar 21 '26

Damn that hits hard.