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 powered by AI and the best browser performance of Microsoft Edge, Microsoft Teams Chat integrated into the taskbar and much more.
What’s new in Windows 11:
– Windows 11 will receive a completely new design. Microsoft clearly needs a good reason to go back on its past claims and still get rid of Windows 10 by introducing a new operating system number. And for this, a completely new design is ideal. The Redmond giant has long been preparing a redesign for an update named Sun Valley (“Sun Valley”); Apparently, under this name was Windows 11. The Sun Valley project has long shone on the network: Microsoft regularly revealed details about the new interface style, insiders shared previously unknown information and popular designers in their circles drew realistic concepts from it. .in all this data.
– Start and system items will 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 functional terms as in visual ones: the Start window will be located above the bottom bar. We must admit that this small change gives the system a much fresher look. Judging by the information from the network, Microsoft will not radically change the “interior” of this menu: innovations will only affect the design of the window itself. The control panel will also float, and its layout will be exactly the same as that of “Start”. The action center will be combined with the control buttons; a similar system 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: control buttons will be located on a separate panel, notifications will be on another, and specific elements (like a player) on another separate panel.
– Right angles will disappear, they will be replaced by fillets. In reality, experts and designers disagree on this: some are convinced that Microsoft will not change its traditions and will maintain right angles, while others are convinced that in 2021 Microsoft will follow the trend of steaks. The latter is more consistent with the definition of “all-new Windows”: floating menus are not enough for a new design to be considered truly new. Fillets should affect almost the entire system, from context menus and system panels to all application windows. True, even on this issue, the opinions of designers differ: some draw fillets on all possible interface elements, 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 window displays, the design of corners, and the levitation effect of the menu, but almost everyone is unanimous about the transparency of windows. 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 in the assembly of the canceled Windows 10X operating system, which Microsoft was developing for dual-screen devices and weak gadgets in parallel with the Sun Valley project. The so-called acrylic transparency implies the use of new effects when hovering over elements, as well as increased spacing between elements: the areas of the interface with which the user interacts will surely become larger, and the page titles will thicken.
– New font already displayed. Windows 11 will most likely use the Segoe UI Variable responsive font by default, 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.