Stacking Window Manager - Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Windows has used stacking window management since version 2.0, with the addition of overlapping windows. Prior to that, Microsoft Windows used a tiling window manager. This window manager has remained virtually unchanged since then.

Microsoft Windows XP still exclusively uses a stacking window manager, which has presented severe limitations to its ability to display hardware-accelerated content inside normal windows, although it is technically possible to produce some visual effects using third-party software. Microsoft Windows Vista abandoned this technology in favor of a compositing window manager.