It's unfortunate. Microsoft had the talent to have premier products but is stuck in second or third on everything.
Appropriate, if funny: https://ritholtz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/2011.06.27_o...
It’s almost like they follow a software version of Intel’s old tick-tock pattern. A version that’s super experimental, but unstable and flaky (95, Me, Vista, 8, 11) and a version that irons out the wrinkles and pared down some of the worst parts to make a solid OS (98, 2000/Xp, 7, 10).
"Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26220.7271 (Dev & Beta Channels)"
Secondly, they're preloading the executable resident in memory to accelerate click to open, similar to what Chrome Browser does on Windows (and websites when browsing)
I don't perceive this as "fixing bad performance, given explorer has never been slow to open for me, but rather further optimizing the experience.
Performance wasn’t an issue 20 years ago. Now it is ???
That takes effort!
It's quite obvious to see which parts are still Win32 and which are XAML. The two different context menus are a well-known example, but one that really annoys me is the Home view vs. the This PC view.
If you make Explorer open with the This PC view by default, you get a blinding flash of white every time you create a new tab in dark mode. That doesn't happen with the Home view which has been updated to XAML.
It's one of the many things you experience day to day that really makes me disappointed in the level of quality in modern Windows.
themafia•23m ago