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Windows 11's Start menu was built using React – now switching to native WinUI

https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-11/windows-11-major-improvements-announced-movable-taskbar-less-ads-reduced-copilot-better-performance-2026

Microsoft announces major Windows 11 updates designed to fix biggest flaws

After feeling the heat from macOS and Linux, Microsoft is getting its act together and making significant changes to Windows 11 to fix its biggest issues.

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userbinator

WinUI is still a bloated pig compared to Win32.

If MS really wants its users back, many of which have left for Linux and Mac, it should seriously consider going back to the Win7 era UI, or at least restore the Windows Classic theme.