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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 personalized feed and improved performance of the Microsoft Edge browser, integrated Microsoft Teams chat in 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 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 is the name under which Windows 11 existed. The Sun Valley project has been appearing on the network for quite some time – Microsoft regularly disclosed the details of the new interface style, industry insiders shared previously unknown information, and designers popular in their circles drew realistic concepts based on all this data.
– Start and system items float above the bottom bar. Start is the business card and face of any recent version of Windows. It is not surprising that in Windows 11 the developers are going to redesign it once again, however, not so much in functional terms as in visual terms: the Start window will float above the bottom bar. We must admit that this small change will make the system look much cooler. Judging by information from the network, Microsoft is not going to radically change the “internals” 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 control buttons – a similar one has long been used in some other operating systems. Almost all mentions of this new menu indicate that it is an island: control buttons will be placed on a separate panel, notifications on another, and certain elements (like a player) on a separate panel.
– Right angles will disappear and be replaced by rounded ones. In fact, industry insiders and concept developers disagree on this point: some are sure that Microsoft will not change its traditions and will maintain the right angle, others are convinced that in 2021 Microsoft will follow the fillet trend. The latter fits better with the definition of “all-new Windows”: menus that move are simply not enough for a new design to be considered truly new. The threads are expected to affect practically everything in the system, from context menus and system windows to all application windows. True, here too, the opinions of the concept developers differ: some draw lines in all possible interface elements, others combine them with right angles.
– There will be a translucent background with blur everywhere. There is disagreement on the Internet about the island style of the window design, the corner design and the floating effect of the menu, but almost everyone agrees about the transparency of the windows. The vast majority of leaks and design renderings show transparency and blurring in all windows, be it at least the Start menu or Explorer. In addition, these effects are also present in the assembly of the discontinued Windows 10X operating system, which Microsoft developed in parallel with the Sun Valley project for dual-screen and low-power devices. The so-called acrylic transparency implies the use of new effects when hovering over elements, as well as greater spacing between elements: the areas of the interface with which the user interacts will certainly become larger, and page titles will become thicker.
– New font that has already been shown. Windows 11 will most likely use the standard responsive Segoe UI Variable font, which is already included in Windows 10 Build 21376 for Insiders. Its advantage is that it is equally suitable for small texts and large inscriptions.