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This is the latest version of Windows with a new user interface and other new features such as the new Microsoft Store, a new personalized content summary powered by artificial intelligence and the best-in-class performance of the Microsoft Edge browser, the taskbar integrated chat Microsoft Teams and much more!
What’s new in Windows 11:
– Windows 11 gets a completely new design. Microsoft clearly needs a good reason to retract its previous claims and discontinue Windows 10 by introducing a new operating system number. And the brand new design is ideal for that. The giant from Redmond has long been preparing a redesign for an update under the code name Sun Valley (“Sun Valley”) – apparently under that name was Windows 11. The Sun Valley project flashed on the network for a long time – Microsoft gave regular updates Details of the new interface style became is known, insiders shared previously unknown information, and popular designers in their circles drew realistic concepts based on all this information.
– Startup and system items will hover above the bottom bar. Start is the calling card and face of every current version of Windows. It is not surprising that the developers will redesign it again in Windows 11, but not so much in a functional sense as in a visual one – the Start window will float above the bottom bar. We have to admit that this small change makes the system look much fresher. According to information from the Internet, 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 design will be exactly the same as “Launch”. The action center is connected to the control keys – a similar one has been used for a long 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 bar, notifications on another, and certain items (like players) on yet another separate bar.
– Right angles will disappear and will be replaced by curves. True, insiders and designers of the concept do not agree on this issue – some are convinced that Microsoft will not change its tradition and keep right angles, while others are convinced that Microsoft will follow the fillet fashion in 2021. The latter fits the definition of “all-new Windows” better – floating menus alone aren’t enough for a new design to be considered truly new. The files are expected to affect almost everything in the system, from context menus and system panels to all application windows. The opinions of concept designers also differ on this issue – some draw edges in all kinds of interface elements, others combine them with right angles.
– There will be transparent background with blur everywhere. There are disagreements on the web about the island style of the storefront, the design of the corners and the floating effect of the menu, but almost everyone agrees on the transparency of the storefront. 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 even included in the assembly 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 implies the use of new effects when hovering over elements, as well as a larger distance between elements – certainly the surfaces of the interface with which the user interacts increase, and page titles become thicker.
– 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 labels.