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This is the latest version of Windows OS with a new interface and other new features such as the new Microsoft Store, a new personalized feed powered by AI and best-in-class browser performance from Microsoft Edge, Microsoft Teams chat integrated into the taskbar and much more!
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What’s new in Windows 11:
– Windows 11 will get a completely new design. Microsoft clearly needs a good reason to retract its previous claims and still abandon Windows 10 by introducing a new operating system number. And the all-new design is perfect for it. The Redmond giant has long been preparing a redesign for an update under the code name Sun Valley (“Sun Valley”) – apparently, under this name it was Windows 11. The Sun Valley project flashed on the network for a long time – Microsoft regularly disclosed information about the new interface style, insiders shared with previously unknown information, and popular designers in their circles developed realistic concepts based on all this data.
– Home and system elements will float above the bottom bar. Start is the calling card and face of every recent version of Windows. Not surprisingly, in Windows 11, the developers will change it again, but not so much in terms of functionality as in terms of visuals – the Start window will be above the bottom bar. Admittedly, these minor changes make the system look much fresher. Judging by information 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 float and will have exactly the same design as “Start”. The action center will be combined with the control buttons together – something similar has long been used in some other operating systems. Almost all mentions of this new menu indicate that it will be an island – the controls will be in one separate panel, the notifications will be in another, and specific elements (such as the player) in another separate panel.
– Right angles will disappear, fillets will replace them. Indeed, insiders and concept designers do not agree on this issue – some are sure that Microsoft will not change its traditions and keep right angles, while others are sure that in 2021 Microsoft will follow the fashion of fillets. The latter better fits the definition of “completely new Windows” – menus alone are not enough to consider a new design truly new. Fillets are expected to affect virtually everything in the 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 in all possible interface elements, others combine them with right angles.
– There will be transparent background with blur everywhere. There is disagreement on the web about the style of window display islands, the design of the corners and the levitation effect of the menu, but almost everyone agrees on the transparency of the windows. Most leaks and design renderings show transparency and blur in all windows, whether it’s at least the Start menu or Explorer. Moreover, these effects are even 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 means 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 likely use the default responsive Segoe UI Variable font, which has already appeared in Windows 10 Build 21376 for Insiders. Its advantage is that it is equally well suited for small texts and large inscriptions.