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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 AI-based personalized feed, best-in-class Microsoft Edge browser performance, Microsoft Teams chat integrated into the taskbar, and much more!
What’s new in Windows 11:
– Windows 11 will have a completely new design. Microsoft clearly needs a good reason to reverse its previous statements and still abandon Windows 10 by introducing a new operating system number. And the new design is just right for that. The Redmond giant has long been preparing a redesign for an update codenamed Sun Valley (“Sun Valley”) – apparently, that’s what Windows 11 was called. The Sun Valley project has been flashing around the network for a long time – Microsoft regularly published details about the new interface style, insiders shared previously unknown information, and popular designers in their circles drew realistic concepts based on all this data.
– The home and system elements will float above the bottom bar. Start is the calling card and the face of all the latest versions of Windows. It is not surprising that in Windows 11 the developers will redesign it again, but not so much functionally as visually – the Start window will float above the bottom bar. We have to admit that this small change makes the system look much more modern. Judging by the information on 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 that of “Start”. The action center will be combined with the control buttons – something similar has long been used in some other operating systems. Almost all mentions of this new menu suggest that it will be insular – the control buttons will be on a separate panel, notifications on another, and specific elements (such as the player) on another.
– Right angles disappear, fillets replace them. In fact, insiders and concept designers disagree on this point – some are convinced that Microsoft will not change its traditions and will stick to right angles, while others are convinced that in 2021 Microsoft will follow the fashion for fillets. The latter fits better into the definition of “completely new Windows” – floating menus alone are not enough to consider the new design truly new. The rounds are expected to affect almost everything in the system, from context menus and system trays to all application windows. True, even on this issue the opinions of designers differ – some draw curves on all possible elements of the interface, others combine them with right angles. – There will be a translucent background with blur everywhere. There are disagreements on the web about the island style of displaying windows, the design of the corners and the levitation effect of the menu, but almost everyone is unanimous about the transparency of the windows. The vast majority of leaks and design renders show transparency and blur in all windows, be it at least in the Start menu or Explorer. In addition, these effects are even present in the assembly of the canceled Windows 10X operating system, which Microsoft developed for dual-screen devices and weak gadgets in parallel with the Sun Valley project. The so-called acrylic transparency means the use of new effects when hovering over elements, as well as increasing the spaces between elements – this will certainly increase the areas of the interface with which the user interacts, and the page titles will become denser.
– New font that has already been shown. Windows 11 will probably use the default responsive Segoe UI Variable font that already appeared in Windows 10 Build 21376 for Insiders. Its advantage is that it is equally suitable for small texts and large inscriptions.