Windows 11 is getting a new default installation UI with the next release, but the UI itself isn't new at all. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Today, the company has announced that it's getting its act together around native UI frameworks in Windows. It's now recommending just two UI platforms, those being WinUI 3 and WPF.

Windows App SDK and language projections Microsoft has spent much of the last decade thinking and re-thinking its UI strategy. First there was Windows 8’s WinRT with its Metro controls.

One UI 8 has brought over a neat feature to Multi Window mode from Android 16. Now, you can drag the Multi Window border to make one app occupy a larger screen area—up to 90 percent. That’s ...