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And a completely new design is great for this
This is the latest version of the Windows operating system with a new interface and other new features such as the new Microsoft Store, a new personalized AI-driven news feed and top-notch browsing performance in Microsoft Edge, as well as Microsoft Teams chat built into the taskbar and more! What’s new in Windows 11: – Windows 11 gets a completely new design. Microsoft clearly needs a good reason to withdraw its previous claims and continue to ditch Windows 10 by introducing a new operating system number. The Redmond giant has been preparing for the redesign of the update codenamed Sun Valley (“Sun Valley”) for quite some time – apparently, Windows 11 went under this name. The Sun Valley project flashed on the network for a long time – Microsoft regularly revealed details about the new interface style, insiders shared previously unknown information, and popular designers drew realistic concepts on its basis.
– Start and system items float above the bottom bar
Start is the business card and face of every latest version of Windows. It is not surprising that in Windows 11 the developers are going to redesign 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 will make the system look much fresher. According to information from the network, Microsoft will not radically change the “inner workings” of the menu – the innovations will only affect the design of the window itself. The control panel is also floating and completely identical in design to that of “Start”.
– Right angles will disappear and be replaced by curves
The Action Center is combined with the control keys – something similar has been used in some other operating systems for a long time. Almost every mention of the new menu suggests that it will be island-like – with controls on a separate panel, notifications on another, and individual elements (such as a player) on another, separate panel. In fact, insiders and concept developers are divided on this issue – some trust that Microsoft will not change its traditions and stick to the right angle, while others are convinced that in 2021 Microsoft will follow the fashion of filleting. The latter fits better with the definition of “completely new Windows” – floating menus are not enough to make a new design truly new. The cuts are expected to affect practically everything in the system, from context menus and system windows to all application windows.
– There will be a transparent, blurred background everywhere
True, the opinions of the concept developers are also divided on this issue – some draw fillets in all possible surface elements, others combine them with right angles. There are disagreements on the network about the island style of the window display, the design of the corners and the levitation effect of the menu, but almost everyone agrees on the transparency of the windows. The vast majority of leaks and design renderings show transparency and blurring in every window, be it at least the Start menu or Explorer. Moreover, these effects are even included in the compilation of the discontinued Windows 10X operating system, which Microsoft is developing in parallel with the Sun Valley project for devices with two screens and weak gadgets. The so-called acrylic transparency allows the application of new effects when hovering the mouse cursor over elements, as well as increasing the distance between elements – the areas of the interface with which the user interacts will certainly become larger, and the page titles will become thicker.
– New font, which we have already introduced
Windows 11 will probably use the standard responsive Segoe UI Variable font, which was already released for Insiders in Windows 10 Build 21376. The advantage is that it is equally suitable for small texts and large inscriptions.