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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 feed based on AI and improved performance of the Microsoft Edge browser, Microsoft Teams chat integrated into the taskbar and much more!
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What’s new in Windows 11:
– Windows 11 will have a completely new design. Microsoft clearly needs a good reason to withdraw its previous statements and still abandon Windows 10 by introducing a new operating system number. And a completely new design is perfect for this. The Redmond giant has long been preparing a redesign for an update under the code name Sun Valley (“Sun Valley”) – apparently, this was the name Windows 11. The Sun Valley project has been appearing on the network for a long time – Microsoft regularly leaked information about the new interface style, insiders shared previously unknown information, and famous designers in their circles developed realistic concepts based on all this data.
– Home and system elements float above the bottom bar. Start is the business card and face of every recent version of Windows. It is not surprising that in Windows 11 developers will transform it again, but not so much in terms of functionality as in terms of graphics: the Start window will be above the bottom bar. Of course, these small changes make the system much fresher. Judging by the information coming from the network, Microsoft will not radically change the “insides” of this menu: the updates will only affect the design of the window itself. The control panel will also be floating and will have exactly the same design as “Start”. The action center will be combined with the control buttons – something similar has been used for a long time in some other operating systems. Almost all references to this new menu indicate that it will be an island: controls will be in a separate panel, notifications in another, and specific elements (such as the player) in another separate panel.
– Right angles will disappear, replaced by fillets. In fact, insiders and concept designers disagree on this issue: some are sure that Microsoft will not change its traditions and will keep right angles, while others are sure that in 2021 Microsoft will follow the trend of fillets. The latter fits the definition of “all new Windows” better: menus alone 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 panels to all application windows. True, on this issue too, the opinions of concept designers differ: some draw fillets in all possible interface elements, others combine them with right angles.
– There will be a transparent background with blur everywhere. The style of the showcase display islands, the drawing of corners and the levitation effect of the menus are divided on the web, but on the transparency of the showcases almost everyone agrees. Most leaks and design renders show transparency and blur in all windows, at least in the Start menu or Explorer. In addition, these effects are also found 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 involves the use of new effects when hovering over elements, as well as increased space between elements: those areas of the interface with which the user interacts will certainly become larger, and page titles will be condensed.
– New font already shown. Windows 11 will probably use the default Segoe UI Variable responsive font, which has already appeared in Windows 10 Build 21376 for Insiders. Its advantage is that it is suitable for both small texts and large inscriptions.