# The shell

DevFeed: [The shell](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/the-shell-33026.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://reactos.org/blogs/the-shell/>)

Published: 2014-01-22T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Front Page on ReactOS Website](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/front-page-on-reactos-website.md>)

Topics: [ReactOS](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/reactos.md>), [Shell](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/shell.md>), [Testing](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/testing.md>), [Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/development.md>)

Tags: [bug](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/bug.md>), [free](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/free.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [operating-systems](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/operating-systems.md>), [os](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/os.md>), [react](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/react.md>), [reactos](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/reactos.md>), [release](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/release.md>), [testing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/testing.md>), [win32](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/win32.md>), [winapi](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/winapi.md>)

## AI overview

The article discusses preparation for the ReactOS 0.3.16 release and evaluates the experimental explorer_new shell. It explains that the desktop and file browser work, while the start menu, taskbar, menus, and address bar remain incomplete because required shell32 classes are not fully implemented.

## Source excerpt

A part of me feels a tad guilty testing all of you with promises regarding shell progress. Another part of me feels no guilt whatsoever and I tend to listen to that part more. It helps having no conscience when doing PR, I have found. Anyway, recently I started doing the prep work needed for a new release of ReactOS, which will be 0.3.16 despite the constant badgering for me to just go ahead and call the next release 0.