Someone designed a Microsoft Store changelog and Microsoft needs to hire them

Microsoft Store is a platform that gets updated quite regularly. For instance, quite recently, Microsoft updated it with instant gaming & Apple-like arcade, with a dedicated page where users can play games without downloading.

However, whenever there is a new patch, it’s hard for regular users to see what’s changed, what’s new, and so on, as the platform doesn’t have a changelog. Well, someone thought about it and made one, and it looks quite impressive.

On X (formerly known as Twitter), @a_donglee shared a mockup of what a potential Microsoft Store changelog could look like.

The changelog is powered by CloudXaml, which is a declarative markup language, that when applied to the .NET programming model (speaking of .NET, Microsoft has announced .NET 7’s end-of-support is coming on May 14, 2024), simplifies creating a UI for a .NET app.

The result is quite impressive and it follows the Windows 11’s theme: sleek text, with labels for each update, change, or enhancement so that users can know more.

It can be scrolled down, and it presents itself every time a new patch of updates is installed. For those who are not into change logs, the design also comes with a Close button at the top-right of the panel.

The design is impressive and with some changes here and there, this can actually be used as a proper Microsoft Store changelog.

It looks modern, is in touch with the overall Microsoft theme, and most of all, quite useful for those who are interested in the technical parts of the updates.

Update: the changelog is indeed official, as confirmed by Microsoft’s Rudy Huyn, who introduced it a couple of hours after we published the article. The changelog is also available in the most recent builds of the platform.

What do you think about the new Microsoft Store changelog? Is it useful or not?