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And a completely new design is great for this
This is the latest version of the Windows OS release, with a new interface and other new features such as the new Microsoft Store, a new personalized feed powered by 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 reject 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, this was the name of Windows 11. The Sun Valley project has been flashing on the network for a long time – Microsoft regularly revealed details of 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 each new version of Windows. It is not surprising that in Windows 11, developers will transform it again, but not so much in a functional sense as in a visual one – 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 “interior” of this menu – innovations will affect only the design of the window itself. The control panel will also float, and the design will be exactly the same as in the “Start”.
– The right angles will disappear, they will be replaced by rounding
The action center will be combined with the control buttons together – a similar one has long been used in some other operating systems. Almost all mentions of this new menu indicate that it will be island – the control buttons will be located on one separate panel, notifications will be on another, and specific elements (like players) on another separate one. True, insiders and concept designers disagree on this issue – some are convinced that Microsoft will not change its tradition 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 “completely new Windows” – floating menus alone are not enough for the new design to be considered truly new. Fillets are expected to affect almost everything in the system, from context menus and system panels to all application windows.
– There will be a transparent background with blur everywhere
True, even on this issue, the opinions of concept designers differ – some draw fillets in all possible interface elements, others combine them with right angles. On the web, they disagree about the island style of window display, corner design and the effect of menu levitation, but almost everyone is unanimous about the transparency of windows. The vast majority of leaks and design renders show transparency and blur in all windows, be it at least the Start menu or Explorer. Moreover, these effects are even part of the canceled Windows 10X operating system, which Microsoft was developing in parallel with the Sun Valley project for dual-screen devices and weak gadgets. The so-called acrylic transparency implies the use of new effects when hovering over elements, as well as increasing the distance between elements – those areas of the interface with which the user interacts will certainly become larger, and page titles will be bold.
– A new font that has already been shown
Windows 11 will most likely use the default responsive font Segoe UI Variable, which has already appeared in Windows 10 Build 21376 for Insiders. Its advantage is that it is equally suitable for small texts and large inscriptions.