Windows 11 features
- Taskbar: the default icons, including the Start button and search button are in the middle, a position which reminds us a lot of Chrome OS. However, you can tweak the location in settings so that the icons appear on the traditional, left side of the taskbar.
- Start menu: It's a new Windows so, of course, there's a new Start menu design. This one eschews live tiles for simple icons that show your pinned apps, along with recommended apps and files. A menu button that says "All apps" lets you see more icons.
- Start menu options: There seems to be an option to have the Start menu, Taskbar, and other interface elements appear on the left side of the screen if you prefer, which should make the transition to Windows 11 a bit easier for long-time Windows users.
- Search box pops up: Instead of having a search box within the task bar, there's only a magnifying glass icon, which you click to get a search menu.
- File explorer icons: The folder icons are more colorful, particularly for standard folders like Documents and Pictures.
- Snap assist menu: If you hover over the minimize / maximize button, Windows 11 gives you a list of choices for snapping your windows to either side of the screen or into quarters.
- A redesigned Ink Workspace: Windows 11's new Ink Workspace panel appears to offer more customization than its predecessor thanks to support for additional software—the Windows 10 version was limited to the first-party Snip & Sketch and Microsoft Whiteboard apps—as well as some user interface tweaks.
- Rounded corners on windows: Windows and menus appear to have slightly rounded edges.
- New system sounds: Some of the sounds like the Asterisk, which sounds a lot like the tone you hear when some elevator doors open, are new.
- Touch gestures: You can now use three finger swipes to minimize / maximize an app. Tapping with four fingers lets you switch among virtual desktops.
Why Do We Think It Will Be Called Windows 11?
Before the leak pretty-much confirmed it, there were many reasons to believe the new Windows would be called Windows 11. Those shadows in the Tweet picture probably would have been enough to inspire speculation about Windows 11 on their own, but scheduling the event for 11 a.m. ET also helped. Many of Microsoft’s events are held later in the day — especially since the pandemic forced those events to be online-only — because the company is based on the West Coast. The working theory is that Microsoft wouldn’t have scheduled an event so early in the day without a good reason; synchronicity with the new version number would qualify.
A screen shot of the system information page from the leaked build shows the version as Windows 11 Pro.
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