46/23 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 best-in-class browser performance with Microsoft Edge, integrated chat with Microsoft Teams in the taskbar, and much more! What’s new in Windows 11: – Windows 11 will receive a completely new look. 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 new design is perfect for this. The Redmond giant has been preparing a redesign of the update for a long time, codenamed Sun Valley – supposedly, Windows 11 appeared under this name. The Sun Valley project has been flashing on the web for a long time – Microsoft regularly revealed details of 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 calling card and face of every new version of Windows. It is not surprising that developers in Windows 11 will transform it again, but not so much in a functional sense, as in a visual one – the Start window will float above the bottom bar. It must be admitted that this small change makes the system look much fresher. Judging by the information from the network, Microsoft will not radically change the “inside” of this menu – innovations will only affect the appearance of the window itself. The control panel will also float, and the appearance will be exactly the same as in the case of the “Start”. The action center will be combined with control buttons – similarly, it has long been used in some other operating systems. Almost all mentions of the new menu indicate that it will be island-like – controls will be located on a separate panel, notifications on another, and specific elements (such as players) on a separate panel. – Right angles will disappear, they will be replaced by oblique angles. True, experts and concept designers do not agree on this issue – some are convinced that Microsoft will not change its tradition and will keep right angles, while others are convinced that in 2021 Microsoft will go for the purple fashion. The latter fits better into the definition of “all-new Windows” – hover menus alone are not enough to make the new design truly new. The files are expected to affect almost everything in the system, from context menus and system panels to all application windows. It is true that even on this issue the opinions of concept designers differ – some draw roundings in all possible interface elements, others connect them at right angles. – There will be a transparent background with blur everywhere. On the web, they do not agree on the island style of the site, the design of the corners and the effect of menu levitation, but almost everyone is unanimous on the transparency of the window. The vast majority of design leaks and renders show transparency and blurring in all windows, at least in the Start menu or Explorer. Moreover, these effects are even part of the canceled Windows 10X operating system, which Microsoft developed in parallel with the Sun Valley project for dual-screen devices and weak gadgets. The so-called acrylic transparency means the use of new effects when hovering over elements, as well as increasing the distance between elements – the areas of the interface with which the user interacts will certainly become larger, and the page titles will be bold. – A new font that is already being displayed. Windows 11 will most likely use the default responsive font Segoe UI Variable, which already appeared in Windows 10 Build 21376 for Insiders. Its advantage is that it is suitable for both small texts and large lettering.
