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winui performance
About this tag
The WinUI performance tag on WindowsForum.com covers discussions about the performance characteristics of Microsoft's WinUI framework, particularly in the context of Windows 11 shell components like the Start menu and taskbar. Recent content highlights Microsoft's planned 2026 overhaul of these elements, which includes deeper WinUI performance work to improve responsiveness, reduce resource usage, and enable features like movable taskbar positions and resizable Start layouts. The tag reflects ongoing efforts to optimize WinUI for smoother user experiences across supported PCs, addressing both visual polish and underlying efficiency.
Microsoft is preparing a broad Windows 11 Start menu and taskbar overhaul in 2026, adding movable taskbar positions, a genuinely smaller taskbar, Shared Audio controls, quieter Widgets behavior, resizable Start layouts, section toggles, privacy controls, and deeper WinUI performance work across...