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The main part of this announcement was supposed to be the introduction of a significant user interface change, codenamed Sun Valley. As we know, a significant portion of the UX changes will be borrowed from the Windows 10X skin, and Windows 10X is not being released. Now, as expected, the Windows 11 leaks begin. The core features of Windows 11 Enterprise Windows 11 will have a completely new design. It’s clear that Microsoft needs a good reason to retract its previous claims and still abandon Windows 10 by introducing a new operating system number.
And the brand new design is perfect for that
The Redmond giant has long been preparing the design of the update under the code name Sun Valley (which apparently was the name of Windows 11). the new interface style, previously unknown information shared by insiders, and popular designers in their circle draw realistic concepts based on all this data. Home and system items will float above the bottom bar. Start is the calling card and face of every latest version of Windows. It’s not surprising that in the Windows 11 operating system, the developers will change it again, but not so much functionally as visually – the Start window will hang above the bottom bar.
The rectangles will disappear, replaced by fillets
We have to admit that this small change makes the system look much fresher. Judging by information from the network, Microsoft will not radically change the “inside” of this menu – the innovations will affect only the design of the window itself. The control panel will also float and will have the exact same design as Start. The Action Center will be combined with control buttons, similar to what some other operating systems have been using for a long time. Almost all mentions of this new menu indicate that it will be an island, with controls in one separate panel, notifications in another, and specific items (like the player) in another.
There will be a transparent background with a blur everywhere
In fact, insiders and creators of concepts are divided on this matter, with some convinced that Microsoft will not change its tradition and stick to right angles, while others believe that in 2021 Microsoft will follow the fillet fashion. The latter better fits the definition of “all-new Windows”—start menus alone aren’t enough to qualify a new design as truly new. The fillet is expected to affect practically everything in the system, from context menus and system panels to all application windows. True, even on this issue, the opinions of the creators of the concept differ – some draw fillets in all possible interface elements, others combine them at right angles. There is some disagreement on the internet about the island style of windowing, the design of the corners and the levitation effect of the menus, but almost everyone agrees on the transparency of the windows.
A new font that has already been shown
The vast majority of leaks and design renderings show transparency and blur in all windows, whether it’s at least the Start menu or the browser. Moreover, these effects are present even when installing the canceled Windows 10X operating system, which Microsoft developed for devices with two screens and weak apps 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 increased spaces between elements – those areas of the interface with which the user interacts will certainly increase, and page titles will be thickened. Windows 11 will likely use the default responsive Segoe UI Variable font, which already appeared in Windows 10 Build 21376 for Insiders.