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Overview of Windows 11 Enterprise
Windows 11. The main part of this announcement should be the introduction of a significant change in the user interface, codenamed Sun Valley. As we know, a significant part of the UX changes will be carried over by the Windows 10X shell, and Windows 10X will not be released. Now, as expected, leaks about Windows 11 begin.
Features of Windows 11 Enterprise
Windows 11 will get a completely new design. It is clear that Microsoft needs a good reason to withdraw its previous claims and still abandon Windows 10 by introducing a new OS number. And the brand new design is perfect for this. The Redmond giant has long been preparing the design of the update under the codename Sun Valley (Sun Valley), which, apparently, was the name of Windows 11. The Sun Valley project flickered on the network for a long time – Microsoft regularly revealed details of the new interface style, insiders shared previously unknown information, and well-known designers in their circles drew realistic concepts based on all this data.
Home and system items will float above the bottom bar. Start is the calling card and face of every latest version of Windows. It is not surprising that in the Windows 11 operating system, the developers will change it again, but not so much functionally as visually – the Start window will hang above the bottom bar. We must admit that this small change will make the system look much fresher. Judging by the information from the network, Microsoft will not radically change the “insides” of this menu – the innovations will only affect the design of the window itself. The control panel will also float and have exactly the same design as Start. The Action Center will be combined with control buttons, similar to what some other operating systems have been using for a long time. Almost all mentions of this new menu indicate that it will be an island, with controls in a separate area, notifications in another, and certain elements (such as the player) in another separate area.
The rectangles will disappear and be replaced by rounded ones. In fact, insiders and concept creators disagree on this issue. Some are convinced that Microsoft will not change its tradition and stick to right angles, while others believe that in 2021 Microsoft will follow the fillet fashion. The latter fits better with the definition of “brand new windows” – the Start menu alone is not enough to make a new design truly new. The fillet is expected to affect practically everything in the system, from context menus and system windows to all application windows. Even on this issue, the opinions of the concept creators differ – some draw fillets in all possible interface elements, others combine them at right angles.
A transparent background with a blur is displayed everywhere. There is disagreement on the Internet about the island style of window design, the design of corners and the floating effect of menus, but almost everyone agrees about the transparency of windows. The vast majority of leaks and design renders show transparency and blur in all windows, whether it is at least the Start menu or the browser. In addition, these effects also appear when installing the discontinued Windows 10X operating system, which Microsoft developed in parallel with the Sun Valley project for devices with two screens and weak apps. The so-called acrylic transparency means the use of new effects when hovering over elements, as well as larger spacing between elements – the areas of the interface with which the user interacts will certainly be enlarged and page titles will become thicker.
A new font that has already been shown. Windows 11 will probably use the standard responsive Segoe UI Variable font, which is already included in Windows 10 Build 21376 for Insiders.