Arrived in Windows 11, the Explorer tabs were already tested on Windows 95!

Who would have thought that one of the most anticipated features of Windows 11 had already appeared 27 years earlier…

Windows 11 took advantage of the 22H2 update to deploy a long-awaited feature: tabs in File Explorer. Rather funny to discover today that it had already been tested at the time… on Windows 95.

A late arrival on Windows 11

It was a feature expected by many, tabs on Windows 11 are now available! Deployed during the first major 22H2 update last September, the file explorer now has tabs that can be organized as we wish. This makes it easier to copy or move a file from one location to another, or explore multiple folders at once. Goodbye, the multitude of open windows and the confusion to find the one we were working on. Hello to an ever-improving interface.

Microsoft has been working on this feature for a while. She was also to make her first appearance with Windows 10, but for lack of time, she never arrived on our computers. Tabs were still available to Windows 11 Insiders since early summer 2022.

Windows 95 feature precursor!

And yes, you are not dreaming, Windows 95, one of Microsoft’s first operating systems and one of the pioneers in its category, already had the much desired functionality. This means nothing to you ? This is normal, it was at the time remained confined to the beta version of the OS…

We do not know the reason why Microsoft did not want to make this feature available in the public version. Perhaps too avant-garde for the time? In 1995, perhaps the priorities were elsewhere on a system like this? One thing is certain, 27 years later the tabs are finally appearing in Windows 11 to the great satisfaction of users.

Source : Neowin