I can't help but think that the addition of tabs is more a workaround for the fucked up always-combined taskbar buttons of Windows 11 than an actual feature.
What's next? Tabbed solutions in Visual Studio?
Microsoft has added tabbed File Explorer functionality to the Window Insider beta channel, opening up the possibility of it making an appearance in the next major Windows Update. File Explorer Tabs turned up in the bleeding edge Windows Insider Dev Channel last week, although – as is so frustratingly often the case – Microsoft …
With the vast, vast sea of Windows feature-rich File Explorer replacements that have been available since Windows 3.0 how is this relevant? I started with File Manager in Windows 3.1 but eventually moved to Total Commander. There are plenty of freeware that have had tabbed file browsing since Windows 95. Running out of ideas MICRO~1?
A tabbed file manager would presumably allow one to display two directories in different tabs, much as one currently can in two different windows.
Displaying two directories side-by-side in different windows can be useful. You can visually compare the two displays to look for differences, you can drag files from one and drop them into the other. This, surely is better than having two directories of which only one can be visible at a time?
I never understood why people liked tabbed browsers, but equally I don't see any harm in them. Tabbed file managers just sound like lunacy.
What a stupid idea. Instead of quickly switching between the two explorer windows I need at this particular moment, using alt-tab to switch between the 2 last ones, I would be forced to ctrl-tab between *all of them*?
It is yet another stupid gimmick that reduces usability for power users.