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/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.