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And a completely new design is great for that
This is the latest version of the Windows operating system release with a new interface and other new features, such as the new Microsoft Store, a new personalized news feed based on AI and best-in-class browser performance from Microsoft Edge, chat from Microsoft Teams integrated into the taskbar and much more! What’s new in Windows 11: – Windows 11 will get a completely new design. Microsoft clearly needs a good reason to reverse its previous claims and still give up on Windows 10 by introducing a new operating system number. The Redmond giant has long been preparing a redesign for the update codenamed Sun Valley (“Sun Valley”) – apparently, it went under this name Windows 11. The Sun Valley project has been flickering on the network for a long time – Microsoft regularly published details about the new interface style, insiders shared previously unknown information, and popular designers in their circles drew realistic concepts based on all this data.
– Start and system elements will float above the bottom bar
Start is the calling card and face of every latest version of Windows. It is not surprising that in Windows 11, developers will reshape it again, but not so much functionally as visually – the Start window will float above the bottom bar. We must admit that this small change makes the appearance of the system much fresher. Judging by information from the network, Microsoft will not radically change the “insides” of this menu – innovations will only affect the design of the window itself. The control panel will also float, and its design will be exactly the same as in the “Start”.
– Right angles will disappear, they will be replaced by fillets
The action center will be combined with control buttons together – something similar has long been used in some other operating systems. Almost all mentions of this new menu indicate that it will be island – control buttons will be on one separate panel, notifications on another, and specific elements (like a player) on another. True, insiders and concept designers disagree on this point – some are convinced that Microsoft will not change its traditions and will retain right angles, while others are convinced that in 2021 Microsoft will follow the fillet fashion. The latter fits better into the definition of a “completely new Windows” – floating menus alone are not enough for the new design to be considered truly new. It is expected that the curves will affect practically everything in the system, from context menus and system panels to all application windows.
– There will be a translucent background with blur everywhere
True, even on this issue the opinions of designers differ – some draw curves in all possible interface elements, others combine them with right angles. There is disagreement on the web about the island style of displaying windows, corner designs and the levitation effect of the menu, but almost everyone is unanimous about the transparency of the windows. The vast majority of leaks and design renderings show transparency and blurring in all windows, be it at least the Start menu or Explorer. Moreover, these effects are even in the build of the canceled Windows 10X operating system, which Microsoft was developing for devices with two screens and weak gadgets in parallel with the Sun Valley project. The so-called acrylic transparency implies the use of new effects when hovering over elements, as well as increasing the gaps between elements – those areas of the interface with which the user interacts will certainly increase in size, and the page headings will become denser.
– A new font that has already been shown
Windows 11 will most likely use the Segoe UI Variable responsive font by default, which has already appeared in Windows 10 Build 21376 for Insiders. Its advantage is that it is equally well suited for both small texts and large inscriptions.