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Now, as expected, the Windows 11 information leak begins
Windows 11 Enterprise Windows 11 Overview The main part of this announcement was supposed to be a presentation of a significant change in the user interface, codenamed Sun Valley. As we know, a significant part of the UX changes are borrowed from the Windows 10X shell, and Windows 10X will not come to the market. The main features of Windows 11 Enterprise Windows 11 will get a completely new look. Microsoft clearly needs a good reason to cancel its previous claims and abandon Windows 10 by introducing a new operating system number. And a completely new design is ideal for this.
Startup and system items float above the bottom bar
The Redmond giant has long been preparing a redesign for the update codenamed Sun Valley (“Sun Valley”) – apparently, under this name it was Windows 11. The Sun Valley project flashed online for a long time – Microsoft regularly leaked details of the new interface style, insiders shared previously unknown information, and designers popular in their circles drew realistic concepts based on all this information. The Start menu is the calling card and face of all recent versions of Windows. It is not surprising that in Windows 11, developers are changing it again, but not so much functionally as visually – the Start window will float above the bottom bar. You must admit that this small change makes the system look much fresher.
Right angles will disappear, they will be replaced by fillets
Judging by the information received from the network, Microsoft is not radically changing the “contents” of this menu – the innovations affect only the design of the window itself. The Control Panel will also float, and its design will be exactly the same as the “Start”. The Action Center will be combined with the control buttons – something similar has long been used in some other operating systems. Almost all mentions of this new menu indicate that it is separate – the control buttons will be located in a separate panel, notifications in another, and certain items (such as the player) in a separate panel. In reality, insiders and concept designers disagree on this – some are convinced that Microsoft will not change its traditions and retain right angles, while others are convinced that in 2021 Microsoft will follow the grid fashion.
There is a translucent background and blur everywhere
The latter fits better with the definition of “all-new Windows” – just hovering over the menus is not enough for the new look to be considered truly new. Grids should affect practically everything in the system, from context menus and system panels to all application windows. True, even here the opinions of concept designers differ – some draw fillets on all possible interface elements, others combine them with right angles. There are disagreements on the Internet about the island window display style, corner design and the menu levitation effect, but almost everyone agrees on the transparency of the window. Most leaks and design renders show transparency and blurriness in all windows, be it at least the Start menu or Explorer.
A new font, which has already been presented
Moreover, these effects are even visible in the configuration of the canceled Windows 10X operating system, which Microsoft was developing for dual-screen devices and weak devices in parallel with the Sun Valley project. The so-called acrylic transparency involves the use of new effects when hovering over elements, as well as increased spacing between elements – the interface areas with which the user interacts will certainly increase, and the page titles will become thicker. Windows 11 is likely to use the default responsive font Segoe UI Variable, which has already appeared in Windows 10 Build 21376 for Insiders.
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