Ask HN: Why doesn't MS bring Tabs to the file Explorer?

2 pointsbehnamoh2 comments

I've seen previews of Windows 11 and I'm shocked that Explorer has received the least amount of change. While new icons are refreshing, lack of tabs is still anti-productivity.

Is this because MS wants people to just open new windows of Explorer (hence the name, Windows), or is it because of a silly patent by Apple or someone that prevents them from bringing tabs to the Explorer?

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I can only offer you must best guess as I don't work for Microsoft.

The modern UI framework that you use to create Windows Store apps cannot create a treeview suitable for an explorer type of application.

Since Windows 8 how many apps have you seen that features a treeview with tons of nodes? Zero?

So my guess it that the visual guidelines makes it impossible to modernize the UI of explorer.

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