• yum@lemmy.eco.br
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      5 days ago

      Also, apparently, the start menu is so goddamn slow because it’s made with React…

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        This is correct, the whole interface is. It runs in a part of Edge called Edge WebView 2.

        What’s funny is they did this before with Windows and Internet Explorer for 95C, 98, 98SE, and ME and it was awful and part of what got them in trouble in the late 90s. The resulting antitrust litigation is why XP didn’t require a Microsoft Account (then called a .Net Passport) and that continued through Windows 7.