It includes Windows 11 features Windows 11 will get a completely new design
Windows 11 Overview Windows 11, 24H2, also known as the Windows 11 2024 Update, is now available through Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) and Windows Update for Business. Today marks the start of 36 months of support for Enterprise and Education editions of Windows 11 24H2. We recommend that you begin a targeted deployment in your organization now to verify that your applications, devices, and infrastructure are working as expected with the new release. To help you plan, this post describes some of the features and enhancements that help you enjoy an exceptional experience and protect your company’s data, apps, and people on any device. Windows 11, 24H2, includes all the features and capabilities that come as part of the ongoing Windows 11 updates, now enabled by default.
And the brand new design is perfect for that
It’s clear that Microsoft needs a good reason to retract its previous claims and still abandon Windows 10 by introducing a new operating system number. The Redmond giant has long been preparing the design of the update under the code name 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 popular designers in their circle 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.
We have to admit that this small change makes the system look much fresher
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. Judging by information from the network, Microsoft will not radically change the “inside” of this menu – the innovations will affect only the design of the window itself. The control panel will also float and will have the exact 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 one separate panel, notifications in another, and specific items (like the player) in another separate panel.
The rectangles will disappear, replaced by fillets
In fact, insiders and creators of concepts are divided on this matter, with some 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 better fits the definition of “completely new windows” – a start menu alone isn’t enough to qualify a new design as truly new. The fillet is expected to affect practically everything in the system, from context menus and system panels to all application windows. True, even in this matter, the opinions of the creators of the concept differ – some draw fillets in all possible interface elements, others combine them at right angles. There will be a transparent background with a blur everywhere.
The vast majority of leaks and design renderings show transparency and blur in all windows, whether it’s at least the Start menu or the browser
There is disagreement on the Internet about the island style of windowing, the design of corners and the levitation effect of menus, but almost everyone agrees on the transparency of windows. Moreover, these effects are present even when installing the canceled Windows 10X operating system, which Microsoft developed for devices with two screens and weak apps in parallel with the Sun Valley project.