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The main part of this announcement should be a presentation of a significant change in the user interface 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 begins Windows 11 Pro features Windows 11 will have a completely new design. Obviously, Microsoft needs a good reason to retract its previous statements and still abandon Windows 10 by introducing a new operating system number. And a completely new design is great for that.

The Start and system elements float above the bottom bar

The Redmond giant has long been preparing a redesign for an update codenamed Sun Valley («Sun Valley») – apparently, it was under this name that Windows 11 was released. The Sun Valley project has been flashing on the network for a long time – Microsoft regularly. The details of the new interface style have become known, insiders have shared previously unknown information, and popular designers in their circles have drawn realistic concepts based on all this data. Start is the business card and face of every new version of Windows. As expected, 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.

Right angles will disappear and be replaced by curves

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: the innovations concern only the design of the window itself. The control panel will also float, and its design will exactly correspond to that of “Start”. The Action Center is combined with the control buttons – a similar one has long been used in other operating systems. Almost all mentions of this new menu suggest that it will be an island: control buttons will be on a separate panel, notifications on another, and certain elements (such as a player) on a separate one.

There will be a translucent background with blur everywhere

In truth, insiders and concept designers disagree on this point: some are confident that Microsoft will not change its traditions and will keep right angles, while others are convinced that Microsoft will follow the trend of curves in 2021. The latter fits better with the definition of “completely new Windows”: floating menus alone are not enough for a new design to be considered truly new. Curves are expected to affect practically the entire system, from context menus and system panels to all application windows. However, the opinions of concept designers differ on this score: some draw curves on 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 showcase, the corner design, and the floating effect of the menu, but almost everyone agrees about the transparency of the windows.

New font that has already been shown

The vast majority of leaks and design renders show transparency and blurring in all windows, be it at least in the Start menu or in 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 devices. The so-called acrylic transparency implies the use of new effects when hovering over elements, as well as increased space between elements – the areas of the interface with which the user interacts will surely become larger, and page titles will become thicker. Most likely, Windows 11 will use the default responsive font Segoe UI Variable, which already appeared in Windows 10 Build 21376 for Insiders.

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