Jafo

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The question you should all be asking is...

"What is the Windows 11 Development Status"?

Programs are easy to adapt/revise for a new OS [mostly].

Shell enhancements for a new OS are impossible to 'revise' until the Shell is actually finished being messed with by Microsoft....

if this is the right question then windowblinds 11 will never be released since microsoft releases updates every month and big updates 2 times a year i see a dark future for this planet and the stardock comunity

Microsoft has nothing concrete for the 2023 update. What they are stating is that they are going to make the DEV channel highly experimental and the developers seem to be given a higher degree of freedom to experiment with things. Realistically it can change a lot with their current strategy. The DEV channel is basically soft clay in regards to it's shell, features will be added and taken away as they experiment.

If the start 11 taskbar could circumvent this that could pave the way for windowblinds 11. If it can not, then we are most likely going to have to wait until 2023 to see if Microsoft changes its policy.

If Microsoft can make it as good or better than Windows 7 , then I don't care how long it takes. 

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-The future looks extremely BAD for skinning Windows right now.

With my experience using explorerpatcher with Windowblinds 10 on Windows 11 I will say the method has held up with the changes Microsoft has made.

The latest start 11 update gives stardock their own taskbar. I feel pretty optimistic start 11 could really help windowblinds 11. Neil and his team have been very busy with this taskbar and I dont think he has really had any time to sit down and look at possible creative ways around Microsoft's onslaught of UI changes. Maybe once start 11 finishes  we can really figure out when and how Windowblinds 11 can begin development.

No, all that's needed is for MS to 'sign off' on their GUI.  Virtually nothing in monthly general bug updates has much impact...just as with EVERY other OS version and their updates.

Again, the issue is..on BOTH Win 10 and Win 11 in PARTICULAR, Microsoft has released the OS to the public BEFORE they have finished messing with it.  Mostly that doesn't affect how programs work on the OS, but think about it.

You actually kinda need to know where the 'skinnables' are going to end up before you can skin them...

But is it possible that big yearly GUI updates are part of Windows 11's gimmick?

Hopefully not....as MS is famous for not having a clue about GUIs..... hence the lives and times of the skinner....

Sigh.  I can't imagine Windows withOUT Windowblinds! This computer will be 5 years old in December and I was planning to get a new computer then with Windows 11, as a Christmas present to myself, and immediately put Windowblinds and Start11 on it.  I had not considered the fact that Microsoft's gimmicky, gradually doled out updates for Windows 11 could badly effect Windowblinds 11.  I hope by then Microsoft will have stopped with the dribbling of updates to Windows 11. 

At least I feel good about Start 11 after what I have read here.

Windows 11 Tabs in File Explorer are back in newest insider

the experiments and changes in the surface will never end

" hope and wait makes some a fool " this may also apply to skinners and stardock users  

This is a pretty big change that seemed to come out of no where. At least for me. It is a nice addition, but such big changes like this have to be frustrating for Stardock. Microsoft is putting themselves in a position that really anything can change on Windows 11.

Hopefully Microsoft doesn't ever get into skinning. Because as of late whenever they Branch out they buy another company. I would hate to see Stardock become a part of the Microsoft family of companies.

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So far the direction of Microsoft just isn't skinning friendly so I do not see them going that route with Windows 11. Yes, Microsoft has made some very surprising and big acquisitions as of late, but the constant changes in their GUI show they simply do not care about skinning.

On a plus note, I did see Neil make a post that alludes that he will eventually start looking into what area's are actually skin-able on Windows 11. It did sound like we are going to have to see start 11 completed before we see any real commitments, but at the same time it does look like Windowblinds 11 is still on the table even if Windows 11 remains an "always in beta" OS.

Which is why I don't like any of the current attempts at forcing windowblinds to "work".  Incomplete is worse than nothing at all.  IMHO....YMMV.