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And the new design is great for that

This is the latest version of the Windows operating system with a brand new interface and other new features such as the new Microsoft Store, a new AI-based custom font, and best-in-class Microsoft Edge browser performance, Microsoft Teams chat built into the taskbar, and many 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 abandon Windows 10 by introducing a new OS number. The Redmond giant has long been preparing a redesign for an update codenamed Sun Valley (“Sun Valley”) – apparently, it was called Windows 11. The Sun Valley project has been flashing around the network for a long time – Microsoft regularly publishes details about the new interface style, insiders shared previously unknown information, and popular designers in their circles drew realistic concepts based on all this data.

– Start and system items will float above the bottom bar

Start is the business card and the visible face of every new version of Windows. It is not surprising that in Windows 11 the developers redesigned it again, but not so much functionally as visually: 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 “guts” 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 in “Start”.

– Right angles disappear, rounded corners replace them

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 suggest that it will be isolated: control buttons will be on a separate panel, notifications on another, and specific elements (such as the player) on another. The truth is that experts and conceptual designers disagree on this point: some are convinced that Microsoft will not change its traditions and will keep right angles, while others are convinced that in 2021 Microsoft will follow the fashion of fillets. The latter fits better into the definition of “completely new Windows” – floating menus alone are not enough for a new design to be considered truly new. The rounding is expected to affect practically the entire system – from context menus and system trays to all application windows.

– There will be a translucent background with blur everywhere

True, even on this issue the opinions of designers differ: some draw curves on all possible elements of the interface, others combine them with right angles. On the web there is disagreement about the island style of window display, the design of corners and the levitation effect of the menu, but almost everyone is unanimous about the transparency of the windows. 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, these effects are manifested even in the build of the canceled Windows 10X operating system, which Microsoft developed for devices 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 hovering over elements, as well as increasing the spaces between elements – those areas of the interface with which the user interacts will surely increase, and page titles will become denser.

– New font that was already shown

Most likely, Windows 11 will use the default Segoe UI variable responsive font that already appeared in Windows 10 Build 21376 for Insiders. Its advantage is that it is suitable for both small texts and large inscriptions.