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This is the latest version of the Windows operating system releases with a new user interface and other new features such as the new Microsoft Store, new personalized feed with AI and best-in-class browser performance from Microsoft Edge, Microsoft Teams chat. integrated into the taskbar and more!
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What’s new in Windows 11:
– Windows 11 gets a brand new look. Microsoft clearly needs a good reason to back off its previous claims and still abandon Windows 10 with a new operating system number. And the all-new design suits it well. The Redmond giant has long been preparing a redesign for an update with the code name Sun Valley (“Sun Valley”) – apparently, under this name it was Windows 11. The Sun Valley project has been flashing online for a long time – Microsoft regularly revealed 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 information.
– Startup and system elements float above the bottom bar. Start is the calling card and face of all recent versions of Windows. Not surprisingly, in Windows 11, the developers change it again, but not so much functionally as visually – the Start window is located above the bottom bar. Admittedly, these minor changes make the system feel much fresher. Based on information on the network, Microsoft does not radically change the “insides” of this menu – the updates affect only the design of the window itself. The control panel also floats and has exactly the same design as “Start”. The function center is combined with control buttons – something similar has been used for a long time in some other operating systems. Almost all mentions of this new menu point to it being an island, with controls in a separate panel, notifications in another, and some elements (like the player) in another separate panel.
– Straight corners disappear, they are replaced by fillets. In reality, internal information and concept designers do not agree on this – some are sure that Microsoft will not change its traditions and will remain at a right angle, while others are sure that in 2021 Microsoft will follow the fashion of fillets. The latter falls more into the “all new Windows” definition – just floating menus isn’t enough to make the new look truly new. Fillets are expected to affect virtually everything in the system, from context menus and system panels to all application windows. True, the opinions of concept designers differ on this issue as well – some draw fillets on all possible interface elements, others connect them with right angles.
– Transparent background and blur everywhere. There is disagreement on the Internet about the style of the window islands, the design of the corners and the levitation effect of the menu, but almost everyone agrees on the transparency of the windows. Most of the leaks and design 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 aborted Windows 10X operating system, which Microsoft developed with two screens and thin devices in parallel with the Sun Valley project. The so-called transparency of acrylic means the use of new effects when moving the mouse cursor over elements and increased distance between elements – the areas of the user interface with which the user interacts will certainly become larger and page titles will be thicker.
– New font already presented. 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 suitable for small texts and large articles.
