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And the brand new design is ideal for that

Windows 11 Enterprise Overview Windows 11 The main part of this announcement should be the introduction of 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, information about Windows 11 is starting to leak Main features of Windows 11 Enterprise – Windows 11 will get a completely new design. Microsoft clearly needs a good reason to retract its previous claims and still abandon Windows 10 by introducing a new operating system number. The giant from Redmond has long been preparing a redesign for the update under the code name Sun Valley (“Valley of the Sun”) – allegedly under this name the Sun Valley project has been flickering on the network for a long time – Microsoft regularly gave details about it, the new interface style became known, insiders shared previously unknown information, and well-known designers in their circles drew realistic concepts based on all this information.

Startup and system items hover above the bottom bar

Start is the business card and face of every newer version of Windows. Unsurprisingly, the developers will redesign it again in Windows 11, although not so much in a functional sense as in a visual one – 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 from the network, Microsoft will not radically change the “inside” of this menu – innovations affect only the design of the window itself. The control panel will also float and its design will exactly match that of “Start”.

Right angles will disappear and be replaced by curves

. Action center is combined with control buttons – similar has been used for a long time in some other operating systems. Almost all mentions of this new menu suggest that it will be an island – controls will be on a separate panel, notifications on another, and certain items (like players) on another separate one. True, insiders and designers of the concept do not agree on this issue – some are convinced that Microsoft will not change its tradition and keep right angles, while others are convinced that Microsoft will follow the fillet trend in 2021. The latter fits the definition of “all-new Windows” better – floating menus alone aren’t enough for a new design to be considered truly new.

There will be a transparent background with a blur everywhere

The files are expected to affect almost everything in the system, from context menus and system panels to all application windows. However, the opinions of concept designers also differ on this issue – some draw fillets in all kinds of interface elements, others combine them with right angles. There are disagreements on the web about the island style of the storefront, the design of the corners and the floating effect of the menu, but almost everyone agrees on the transparency of the storefront. The vast majority of design leaks and renders show transparency and blur in all windows, be it 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 devices with two screens and weak gadgets.

A new font that is already displayed

The so-called acrylic transparency implies the use of new effects when hovering over elements, as well as greater spacing between elements – the areas of the interface that the user interacts with will certainly increase, and page titles will become thicker. Windows 11 will most likely use the default responsive font Segoe UI Variable, which already appeared in Windows 10 Build 21376 for Insiders.