This is the latest version of Windows, with a new interface and other new features such as the new Microsoft Store, a new personalized feed powered by AI and the best-in-class performance of the Microsoft Edge browser, Microsoft Teams Chat integrated into the taskbar and 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 get rid of Windows 10 anyway by introducing a new operating system number. And the brand new design is ideal for that. The giant from Redmond has been preparing a redesign for a long time to update the code name Sun Valley (“Sun Valley”); Allegedly, under this name was Windows 11. The Sun Valley project has been shining on the network for a long time: Microsoft regularly revealed the details of the new interface style, insiders shared previously unknown information, and popular designers in their circles drew realistic concepts based on it. in all these data.
– Startup and system items will hover above the bottom bar. Start is the business card and face of every newer version of Windows. It is not surprising that in Windows 11 the developers will transform it again, but not so much in a functional sense as in a visual sense: the Start window will be located above the bottom bar. We must admit that this small change makes the system much fresher. Judging by information from the network, Microsoft will not radically change the “inside” of this menu: innovations will affect only the design of the window itself. The control panel will also float and its appearance will be exactly the same as the “Start” one. The action center will be combined with control buttons; A similar one has been used for some time in some other operating systems. Almost all mentions of this new menu indicate that it will be an island: controls will be on a separate panel, notifications will be on another, and certain items (like players) on another separate panel.
– Right angles will disappear, they will be replaced by oblique ones. In reality, experts and conceptual designers do not agree on this issue: some are convinced that Microsoft will not change its tradition and will keep right angles, while others are convinced that in 2021 Microsoft will follow the steak trend. The latter fits the definition of “all-new Windows” better: floating menus are not enough for the new design to be considered truly new. The fillets are expected to affect almost the entire system, from context menus and system panels to all application windows. True, even on this issue, the opinions of conceptual designers differ: some draw fillets on all possible elements of the interface, others combine them with right angles.
– There will be transparent background with blur everywhere. There are disagreements on the web about the style of the window display island, the angular design and the levitation effect of the menu, but almost everyone is unanimous about the transparency of the window. The vast majority of design leaks and renders show transparency and blur in all windows, be it at least the Start menu or Explorer. Moreover, these effects are present even as part of the canceled Windows 10X operating system, which Microsoft developed in parallel with the Sun Valley project for devices with two screens and weak gadgets. The so-called acrylic transparency involves the use of new effects when hovering 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 page titles will become bolder.
– New font that is already displayed. Windows 11 will most likely use the default responsive font Segoe UI Variable, which already appeared in Windows 10 Build 21376 for Insiders. Its advantage is that it is equally suitable for small texts and large inscriptions.