• More fun with File Explorer

    WINDOWS 11

    Will Fastie

    By Will Fastie

    Windows File Explorer is getting a major overhaul in Windows 11. The most significant change is a new tabbed user interface, a feature much requested.

    I say “is getting” because File Explorer is a perfect example of Susan Bradley’s “dribble” theory, which states that features are being incorporated into Windows in a constant trickle rather than in discrete chunks. Worse, some of these features are being installed silently — we don’t know what we’re getting until after the fact.

    Trying to review such a moving target is challenging.

    Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (21.15.0, 2024-04-08).