14 DAY TRIAL // File Explorer is one of the default apps that received only small changes in Windows 10, despite the avalanche of feature requests coming from users participating in the Insider program.
But while Microsoft doesn’t seem to be very keen on overhauling File Explorer, concept designers across the world put their imagination to work and create modern versions of the app that could help the company figure out what its file manager should look like.
This is the case of this concept created by DeviantArt user Steppiman89, who designed his own interpretation of the classic File Explorer.
With such a design, File Explorer can easily become a universal app and be available not only on PCs but also on smartphones powered by Windows 10 Mobile, although there still are some things to be improved here and there.
No tab support?
At first glance, the concept looks brilliant, and there’s no doubt that many Windows 10 users would love to have such a file manager in their OS. There’s one big problem, though: this design lacks the biggest feature request for File Explorer - tab support.
At this point, tab support in File Explorer is the number one request in the Windows 10 Feedback app with thousands of votes, but Microsoft remains tight-lipped on pretty much everything regarding this feature and refuses to say even if there’s the slightest chance to get it at some point in the future.
“It’s 2016 and we still have to open more than one File Explore in a new window. We really do need tabbed browsing on here, as it would make most users’ lives so much easier to manage their files,” such a request reads.
But in the end, this concept surely looks great and brings forward some ideas that could easily be used by Microsoft for an overhaul of File Explorer. If only such an overhaul were planned…
