The File Explorer in Windows has so much tech debt behind it.
It's quite obvious to see which parts are still Win32 and which are XAML. The two different context menus are a well-known example, but one that really annoys me is the Home view vs. the This PC view.
If you make Explorer open with the This PC view by default, you get a blinding flash of white every time you create a new tab in dark mode. That doesn't happen with the Home view which has been updated to XAML.
It's one of the many things you experience day to day that really makes me disappointed in the level of quality in modern Windows.
Have you seen those movies where a small town in the US holds a festival or carnival with heavy floats on top of a car? That is the UI they've implemented in Win11, one interface mounted on top of another, therefore overwhelming slowness, a botched job that only shows disinterest, perhaps with the aim of forcing users to upgrade by investing as few resources as possible in it.
Linux is the antithesis of this, with a long history of slow file explorers/managers that finally stand out today in terms of speed and features, fortunately. (this is to support the other user's comment about Dolphin (my choice when Linux) and Nautilus.
It's quite obvious to see which parts are still Win32 and which are XAML. The two different context menus are a well-known example, but one that really annoys me is the Home view vs. the This PC view.
If you make Explorer open with the This PC view by default, you get a blinding flash of white every time you create a new tab in dark mode. That doesn't happen with the Home view which has been updated to XAML.
It's one of the many things you experience day to day that really makes me disappointed in the level of quality in modern Windows.