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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-powered custom font, and best-in-class Microsoft Edge browser performance, Microsoft Teams chat built into the taskbar, and 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 claims and still get rid of Windows 10 by introducing a new OS number. And the new design is great for that. The Redmond giant has long been preparing a redesign for an update under the codename Sun Valley (“Sun Valley”); apparently, Windows 11 was under that name. The Sun Valley project appeared on the network for a long time; Microsoft periodically reveals details. About the new interface style, experts shared previously unknown information, and popular designers in their circles drew realistic concepts based on all this data.
– Start and system items will be shifted over the bottom bar. Start is the calling card and face of every new version of Windows. It is not surprising that in Windows 11 the developers transformed it again, but not so much in a functional sense as in a visual sense: the Start window will float above the bottom bar. We have to admit that this small change makes the system look much fresher. Judging by the information on the network, Microsoft is not going to radically change the “inside” of this menu – the innovations will affect only the design of the window itself. The control panel will also float, and the design will be exactly the same as that of “Start”. The action center will be combined with control buttons – something similar has long been used in other operating systems. Almost all mentions of this new menu indicate that it will be isolated: controls will be located on a separate panel, notifications on another, and specific elements (such as the player) on another separate panel.
– Right angles will disappear, they will be replaced by rounded ones. True, concept connoisseurs and designers disagree 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 fillet fashion. The latter best fits the definition of “completely new Windows” – floating menus alone are not enough to make a new design truly new. The files 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 concept designers differ: some draw fillets on all possible interface elements, others combine them with right angles.
– There will be a transparent background with blur everywhere. On the web they do not agree on the island style of the showcase, the design of the corners and the levitation effect of the menu, but almost everyone is unanimous about the transparency of the showcase. The vast majority of design leaks and renders show transparency and blurring in all windows, be it at least in the Start menu or Explorer. Moreover, such effects are found even in the canceled 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 over elements, as well as an increase in the distance between elements – those areas of the interface with which the user interacts will surely become larger, and page titles will be bold.
– New font already shown. Most likely, Windows 11 will use the default responsive font Segoe UI Variable, which already appeared in Windows 10 Build 21376 for Insiders. Its advantage is that it is suitable for both small texts and large inscriptions.
