Persistent Microsoft watcher WalkingCat has just revealed a new Windows 10 feature called Sets:
and its called "Sets" https://t.co/wM5v8GksQz
— WalkingCat (@h0x0d) November 21, 2017
Found in Build 16237, the feature would bring the web-browser-like tabbed-based paradigm of organizing your windows to applications, and de-emphasize the floating window concept.
As can be seen from the screenshot above, windows from multiple applications can be grouped together, and apps are treated as web pages.
welp, seems like you can add a new "app tab" by pressing Ctrl key while launching the app, okay so there can be multiple 'app tabs' as well as 'web tabs' in an app window ?
— WalkingCat (@h0x0d) November 22, 2017
It appears nearly any window except modal dialogue boxes and popups can be docked. One interesting exclusion is windows which extend their UI into the title bar. The best known example to my knowledge is Chrome….
17040: DWM_TAB_WINDOW_REQUIREMENTS pic.twitter.com/X5U9jE7dxV
— WalkingCat (@h0x0d) November 22, 2017
We know Microsoft sees the future of Windows as Progressive Web Apps, which is a sad way of turning websites into store apps.
The move is a sad realization that on the desktop most of our casual use and an increasing amount of our work use is now done in the browser, with tabs the dominant navigation paradigm, finally turning Windows into what Marc Andreesen from Netscape called “a poorly debugged set of device drivers” designed only to run websites.
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Source: Walkingcat.