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The latest release of Windows OS includes a new interface and other new features, such as a new personalized feed powered by AI and best-in-class browser performance from Microsoft Edge, Chat from Microsoft Teams integrated into the taskbar, and much more! What’s new in Windows 11: – Windows 11 will get a completely new design. Microsoft clearly needs a good reason to reverse its previous claims and still give up on Windows 10 by introducing a new operating system number. And the brand new design is great for that. The Redmond giant has long been preparing a redesign for an update with the code name Sun Valley (« Sun Valley ») – apparently under this name it was Windows 11. The Sun Valley project has flashed on the network for a long time – Microsoft regularly published details about the new interface style, insiders shared previously unknown information and popular designers in their circles drew realistic concepts based on all this data. – Start and system items will float above the bottom bar. Start is the business card and face of every latest version of Windows. It is not surprising that in Windows 11 the developers will reshape it again, but not as functionally as visually – the Start window will float above the bottom bar. 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 « innards » of this menu – the innovations will only affect the design of the window itself. The control panel will also float and its design will be exactly the same as the « Start » Action center will be combined with the control buttons together – similar has long been used in some other operating systems. Almost all mentions of this new menu suggest that it will be an island – the control buttons will be on one separate panel, notifications on another, and specific elements (like the player) on another. – Right angles disappear, fillets replace them. In truth, insiders and concept designers disagree on this point – some are convinced that Microsoft will not change its traditions and keep right angles, while others are convinced that in 2021 Microsoft will follow the fashion of fillets. The latter fits better into the definition of « all-new Windows » – just the floating menus aren’t enough to consider the new design truly new. Rounds are expected to affect virtually everything in the system, from context menus and system trays to all application windows. It is true that even on this issue the opinions of designers differ – some draw curves in all possible elements of the interface, others combine them with right angles. – There will be a translucent background with blur everywhere. There is some controversy on the web about the island style of window display, corner design and menu levitation effect, but almost everyone agrees on the transparency of the windows. The vast majority of design leaks and renders show transparency and blur in all windows, whether it’s at least the Start menu or Explorer. Moreover, these effects are even in the assembly of the canceled Windows 10X operating system, which Microsoft developed for devices with two screens and weak gadgets in parallel with the Sun Valley project. The so-called acrylic transparency means the use of new effects when passing over elements, as well as increasing the gaps between elements – those areas of the interface with which the user interacts will certainly increase, and page headings will become denser. – New font that was already displayed. Windows 11 will most likely use the default Segoe UI Variable responsive font that already appeared in Windows 10 Build 21376 for Insiders. Its advantage is that it is equally well suited for small texts and large inscriptions.