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This is the latest release of the Windows operating system with a new user interface and other new features such as the new Microsoft Store, new AI-powered personal feed and best-in-class browser performance from Microsoft Edge, chat from Microsoft Teams with integrated taskbar and more!
What’s new in Windows 11:
– Windows 11 gets a completely new look. Microsoft clearly needs a good reason to reverse its previous claims and still abandon Windows 10 by introducing a new operating system number. And the brand new design suits it perfectly. The Redmond giant has long been preparing a redesign for an update codenamed Sun Valley (“Sun Valley”) – apparently it went by this name in Windows 11. The Sun Valley project has flashed on the Internet for a long time – Microsoft regularly published details of the new interface style, insiders shared previously unknown information and popular in their circles designers drew realistic concepts based on all this information.
– Startup and system elements float above the bottom bar. Start is the business card and face of all the latest versions of Windows. Not surprisingly, in Windows 11, the developers are reshaping it, but not so much functionally as visually – the Start window floats above the bottom bar. We have to admit that this small change makes the system look much fresher. Based on information from the Internet, Microsoft does not radically change the “innards” of this menu – the innovations affect only the design of the window itself. The control panel is also floating and its design is exactly the same as “Start”. The action center is combined with the control buttons – something similar has long been used in some other operating systems. Almost all mentions of this new menu point to it being separate – the controls are in one separate panel, notifications in another, and certain elements (like the player) in another.
– Straight corners disappear, fillets replace them. In reality, insiders and concept designers differ on this – some are convinced that Microsoft will not change its traditions and remain at a right angle, while others are convinced that in 2021 Microsoft will follow the fashion of fillets. The latter fits more into the definition of “all new Windows” – floating menus alone are not enough to make the new look truly new. The rounds are expected to affect practically everything in the system, from context menus and notification areas to all application windows. It is true that even in this matter the opinions of designers differ – some draw curves to all possible elements of the user interface, others connect them with right angles.
– There is a translucent background and blur everywhere. On the Internet, there is disagreement about the island style of the windows, the design of the corners and the levitation effect of the menu, but almost everyone agrees on the transparency of the windows. Most design leaks and renders show transparency and blur in all windows, whether it’s at least the Start menu or Explorer. Moreover, these effects are even present in the configuration of the canceled Windows 10X operating system, which Microsoft developed with two screens and weak devices in parallel with the Sun Valley project. The so-called acrylic transparency means the use of new effects when crossing elements and increasing the gaps between elements – the areas of the user interface with which the user interacts will certainly grow and the page titles will become denser.
– New font that was already shown. Windows 11 will likely use the default Segoe UI Variable responsive font, which already appeared in Windows 10 Build 21376 for Insiders. Its advantage is that it is equally suitable for small texts and large writings.