Does Microsoft still work on sets?

It was the tweet heard around the world (Microsoft): the sets are "no longer". With one exception. They are always "on the to-do list".

So what triggered this confusion?

Rich Turner, Microsoft Program Manager, answering a question on Twitter about Sets, writes: "The experience of tabs provided by Shell is no longer," triggering many writings, like this one on How-To Geek, claiming Sets was dead. But Mr. Turner also noted that "adding tabs is a priority [Microsoft’s] to do list. "So, the story is a little more nuanced than" Sets is dead. "

For strangers, Sets was a feature promised by Microsoft in Windows 10 that would add a tabbed interface to application windows. You can have multiple tabs in, for example, the file explorer, Microsoft Word or whatever. In its initial configuration, Sets was based on the Microsoft Edge tab code. A web browser that, to use Turner's words, says "no more". It is therefore logical that this implementation of original sets is also dead, because classic Edge is dead too.

But here's what I think is happening.

Turner's note that a tabbed user interface is still on Microsoft's "to-do list" is the most important part of this tweet: plans have not changed. He still has the intention to put tab windows on Windows 10. It will simply reimplement this feature, because the code base on which it was based before is removed and / or goes into mode. maintenance.

If you read the answers to Turner's tweet, you will see a lot of speculation about why / why this change occurred. But I'm surprised that the subject of the classic Edge code base is never addressed. Since this is clearly the cause of the new delay.

Anyway, the bundles on Microsoft's list of tasks suggest that this feature is still coming. So, nothing has really changed from a strategy point of view. What has changed is the technical means by which Microsoft will succeed.

Of course, the real As Chris Hoffman of How-To Geek points out, it's frustrating to have to analyze Microsoft's strategy via a tweet from a single employee, however well-intentioned it may be. It is also an excellent example of this company's inability to communicate effectively. Go Microsoft, something official is in order here. You have a series of blogs to choose from

Until we hear otherwise, I stand by the truth that emerges from this conversation on Twitter: Microsoft still intends to implement sets in Windows 10. This It's only a matter of time.

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