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These include Windows 11 Features Windows 11 will get a completely new look
Windows 11 Overview Windows 11 version 24H2, also known as Windows 11 2024 Update, is now available via Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) and Windows Update for Business. Today marks the beginning of 36 months of support for the Enterprise and Education editions of Windows 11 version 24H2. We recommend that you start a targeted rollout in your organization now to ensure that your apps, devices, and infrastructure are working as expected in the new version. To help you plan, this post highlights some of the features and improvements that will help you deliver an exceptional experience while keeping your business data, apps, and people safe on any device. Windows 11 version 24H2 includes all the features and capabilities that come with the ongoing innovation of Windows 11, which are now enabled by default.
And a completely new look is great for this
Microsoft clearly needs a good reason to backtrack on its previous claims and continue to abandon Windows 10 with a new operating system number. The Redmond giant has long been preparing a redesign of the update, codenamed Sun Valley (“Sun Valley”) – apparently, Windows 11 was hiding under this name. The Sun Valley project flashed on the network for a long time – Microsoft regularly revealed details of 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 calling card and face of each latest version of Windows.
It must be admitted that this small change makes the appearance of the system much fresher
It is not surprising that in Windows 11, developers will transform it again, but not so much in terms of functionality, but visually – the Start window will float above the bottom bar. Judging by the information from the network, Microsoft will not radically change the “inside” 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”. The action center will be combined with control buttons – a similar solution has been used in some other operating systems for a long time. Almost all mentions of this new menu indicate that it will be island-like – control buttons will be located on one separate panel, notifications on another, and specific elements (e.g.
the player) on yet another
Right angles will disappear, replaced by roundings. In fact, insiders and designers of the concept do not agree on this issue – 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 rounding trend. The latter fits better into the definition of the “all-new Windows” – the hover menu alone is not enough for the new design to be considered truly new. Roundings are to apply to practically everything in the system, from context menus and system panels to all application windows. True, even on this issue, the opinions of the designers of the concept differ – some draw roundings in all possible interface elements, others connect them with right angles.
There will be a transparent background with blurring everywhere
There is a difference of opinion on the web about the island style of displaying windows, the design of the corners and the effect of the levitation of the menu, but almost everyone is unanimous about the transparency of the windows. The vast majority of leaks and renders of the projects show transparency and blurring in all windows, whether at least in the Start menu or in Explorer. Moreover, these effects are present 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.
