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The main part of this announcement should be an introduction to a significant user interface change codenamed Sun Valley. As we know, a significant part of the UX changes will be inherited by the Windows 10X shell, and Windows 10X will not be released. Now, as expected, the leak of information about Windows 11 Windows 11 Pro features Windows 11 will have a completely new design. Microsoft clearly needs a good reason to retract its previous claims and further abandon Windows 10 by introducing a new operating system number. And a completely new design is great for that.
Startup and system items float above the bottom bar
The Redmond giant has long been preparing a redesign for an update with the code name Sun Valley (“Sun Valley”) – it seems that under this name the project The Sun Valley was launched for a long time on the network – Microsoft regularly gave details about it, the new interface style became known, insiders shared previously unknown information, and popular designers in their circles drew realistic concepts based on all this data. Start is the calling card and face of every newer version of Windows. Not surprisingly, the developers will redesign it again in Windows 11, although not so much in a functional sense as in a visual sense – the Start window will float above the bottom bar. We have to admit that this small change makes the system look much fresher. According to information on the network, Microsoft will not radically change the “inside” of this menu – the innovations affect only the design of the window itself, also the control panel will float and its design will correspond exactly to that of “Start”.
Right angles will disappear and be replaced by curves
. The action center is combined with the control buttons – a similar one has been used for a long time in other operating systems. Almost all mentions of this new menu suggest that it will be an island – the control buttons will be on a separate panel, notifications on another, and certain elements (such as a player) on another. In fact, insiders and concept designers disagree on this point – some are confident that Microsoft will not change its traditions and maintain its right angles, while others are convinced that Microsoft will follow the curve trend in 2021 .The latter fits better with the definition of “all-new Windows” – floating menus alone are not enough for a new design to be considered truly new. Curves are expected to affect virtually everything in the system, from context menus and system panels to all application windows.
There will be a translucent background with fading all over
However, the opinions of concept designers also differ on this question – some draw curves in all possible elements of the user interface, others combine them with right angles. There is disagreement on the web about the island style of the window, the design of the corners and the floating effect of the menu, but almost everyone agrees on the transparency of the windows. The vast majority of design leaks and renders show transparency and fading in all windows, whether it’s at least the Start menu or Explorer. Moreover, these effects are even included in the assembly of the canceled Windows 10X operating system, which Microsoft developed in parallel with the Sun Valley project for dual-screen devices and thin gadgets. The so-called acrylic transparency involves the use of new effects when hovering over elements, as well as a greater distance between elements – the areas of the interface with which the user interacts will certainly become larger, and page titles will become thicker.
New font that has already been displayed
Windows 11 will most likely use the default Segoe UI Variable responsive font, which already appeared in Windows 10 Build 21376 for Insiders.