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Iron Contributor

Jan 15, 2021

Build a unified Windows UI experience

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/discussions/top-feedback-summary-for-january-12/m-p/2053932 As shown in the link, the introduction of transparency effects for Microsoft Edge dominates the rank...

Iron Contributor

Jan 16, 2021

I have sent this message, but I feel that Microsoft is willing to do this... I'm not sure

MVP

Jan 16, 2021

WinUI 3 is still in preview, maybe it needs to reach stable status and get more features (version 3.1 and beyond) so that Edge as a Win32 program can have the UI qualities we want.

Shompinice
Iron Contributor
Jan 16, 2021
HotCakeX

WinUI3 will come in 2021，but I (both Microsoft and I ) dont know when it will release.
So another way is XAML island, just like what they had done in the oud version of Edge.

However, WinUI3 may be a better choose.
- HotCakeX
  MVP
  Jan 16, 2021
  Yes it will be better, and also Edge is a multiplatform browser, I'm not sure how they are going to have the same experience across multiple platforms.
  - Shompinice
    Iron Contributor
    Jan 16, 2021
    HotCakeX
    This is why Edge may not use WinUI3. WinUI3 is not a cross-platform UI library. Although WinUI3 means that the UI layer is no longer bound to a specific version of Windows, it can still only be used on Windows.
    
    I think you should have heard of .NET MAUI, it inherits from Xamarin.Forms, is a cross-platform UI library, covering from Windows to macOS to iOS to Android, but... from my personal understanding, this is the same as Windows There is not much connection, from now on you will see more and more various cross-platform apps /Web Apps with UNIQUE DESIGN（Skype？）, just like you have already seen.

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