Windows 10’s new look glimpsed again in Microsoft Teams and Edge
And Outlook as well, with these apps being spotted with rounded corners
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Windows 10’s major interface overhaul is coming with the 21H2 update, and more potential work from the ‘Sun Valley’ revamp has been spotted in the form of rounded corners (once again).
By all accounts, therounding of corners will be one of the major pillars of changein the refreshed desktop due later this year (alongside theintroduction of floating menus), with there having been plenty of sightings of various UI elements being rounded.
This theme continues asWindows Latesthas spotted apps with windows which have rounded corners. That includesMicrosoftEdge with the browser being shown off at the recentBuild 2021conference with this refreshed look in a mock-up – complete with additional space around the minimize/close icons top-right (letting them breathe a little bit more, and helping to promote a less cluttered feel along the top there).
The overall look, also seen in Microsoft Teams and Outlook mock-ups, is more modern (and Mac-like) in line with a lot of the changes seemingly underway for Windows 10 – orwhat might eventually be Windows 11.
Name game
Yes, the latest spinning from the rumor mill around Microsoft’s intentions with its big redesign is the possibility that theoperating systemcould be renamed, despite very firm assertions in the past that this wouldn’t happen. We might just be looking at plain old ‘Windows’ from hereon out, orWindows 11if some hints and suggestions are to be believed (as opposed to the21H2 update).
Microsoft has indicated that whatever’s coming in the pipeline for Windows 10, there will be major changes, indeed ‘revolutionary’ ones which usher in the ‘next generation of Windows’. Whatever it’s called, whatever’s coming later in 2021 is something big, and the rounded corners for apps seen here certainly make sense given that this seems to be one of the most prominent overarching themes for the UI revamp.
Whether or not we will actually see these changes come through – and other purported bits of interface thatcould be pinched from the now shelved Windows 10X– we will ultimately just have to wait and see.
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