Microsoft Partner Architect Rudy Huyn announced that he is building a team of engineers that will be the focus. “creating a meaningful user experience” will consist of “strong product thinking and deep customer focus” In Windows 11. In addition, there is Huyn confirmed The apps and experiences this team will build will be 100% native to the platform.
That means no WebView or web tech welcome, a sign of a refreshing change in the Windows org. For years, Windows OS has used a mix of web technology and native UI frameworks, which has resulted in an incredibly inconsistent user experience that feels and looks different depending on the application or interface.
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In addition, last year the company introduced a new agenda view for the Taskbar, which was found to be quickly built using WebView. Microsoft has since delayed the rollout of this feature, hopefully as it rebuilds the feature using WinUI instead.
This is part of the effort Microsoft’s Windows K2 effortIt’s an internal project aimed at solving the main pain points and issues of Windows 11, working to make the OS a more stable, consistent and easy-to-use experience.
Unfortunately, it’s unclear what this effort means for apps like Outlook, Teams, and Copilot, all of which are Web View apps on Windows and look terrible to use. These apps are included in the out-of-the-box OS image and drag down the overall experience of the OS, and will do so as long as there are no native Windows apps.
Given that Outlook, Teams, and Copilot are not owned by the Windows team, it will be interesting to see how the Windows organization manages these experiences in the future. If it were up to me, I would remove these apps from the OS image until they can be rebuilt as native Windows apps from scratch.
I’d also like to see the Windows team take a step towards creating their own lightweight email client that replaces Outlook for basic email tasks and highlights the best features of WinUI. It is clear that it is the organization that owns it Microsoft 365 It’s a shame that Microsoft isn’t interested in building experiences according to mdoern UI frameworks.
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