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And a completely new design is great for this
This is the latest version of the Windows operating system versions with a new interface and other new features such as the new Microsoft Store, a new personalized feed with AI and top-notch browsing performance from Microsoft Edge, chat from Microsoft Teams integrated into the taskbar and more! What’s new in Windows 11: – Windows 11 will receive a completely new design. Microsoft clearly needs a good reason to reverse its previous claims and still abandon Windows 10 by introducing a new operating system number. The Redmond giant has long been preparing a redesign for an update codenamed Sun Valley (“Sun Valley”) – apparently, under this name it was Windows 11. The Sun Valley project has been flickering 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 items float above the bottom bar
Start is the business card and face of every current version of Windows. Not surprisingly, in Windows 11 the developers will redesign it again, but not so much in functional terms as in visual terms – 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 the information from the network, Microsoft will not radically change the “insides” of this menu – the 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 the “Start”.
– Right angles will disappear and be replaced by curves
The Action Center will be merged with the control keys – a similar one has long been used in some other operating systems. Almost all mentions of this new menu indicate that it will be an island menu – the control keys will be on a separate panel, notifications on another, and certain elements (such as a player) on another separate panel. In truth, insiders and concept designers disagree on this point – some are confident that Microsoft will not change its traditions and maintain the right angle, while others are convinced that in 2021 Microsoft will follow the fillet fashion. The latter fits better with the definition of “completely new Windows” – just floating menus are not enough to consider a new design truly new. Fillets are expected to affect practically everything in the system, from context menus and system windows to all application windows.
– A translucent background with blur is seen everywhere
True, the opinions of concept designers also differ on this issue – some draw fillets in all possible interface elements, others combine them with right angles. There is disagreement on the Internet about the island style of the storefronts, the design of the corners and the floating effect of the menu, but almost everyone agrees about the transparency of the windows. The vast majority of leaks and design renderings show transparency and blur in all windows, be it at least in the Start menu or Explorer. In addition, these effects are also in the composition of the discontinued Windows 10X operating system, which Microsoft developed in parallel with the Sun Valley project for devices with two screens and weak devices. The so-called acrylic transparency implies the use of new effects when hovering the mouse cursor over elements, as well as a larger spacing between elements – the areas of the interface with which the user interacts will certainly become larger, and page titles will become thicker.
– New font that has already been shown
Windows 11 will most likely use the standard responsive Segoe UI Variable font, which is already included in Windows 10 Build 21376 for Insiders. Its advantage is that it is equally well suited for small texts and large inscriptions.