Windows File Explorer gets a multi-tab look like Apple's Finder

Found on CNet News on Friday, 09 March 2018
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When it's time to copy files, dragging and dropping them from one Explorer window to another is a common approach. But a tabbed interface can neatly accommodate several file system locations in one window, potentially simplifying drag-and-drop operations.

A new test build released Thursday makes the tabbed File Explorer a part of the Windows' "Sets" redesign that should let you group related tasks from different programs into multi-tab bundles.

Mircrosoft should fix Explorer first (which is basically the only "made by MS" tool that's useful on their OS). Make it easy to remove "Favorites", "Libraries", "Homegroup" and "Network" if you never ever use them instead of having them mess up your list. Make the folder list stop jumping around when exanding folders; and quit it with the assumption that if you select more than 15 files it means you don't want to see the filesize anymore, but instead have to click "Show more details" (someone once tried to sell that as a performance argument because Windows won't have to calculate that number anymore. Really).