Latest Windows 10 leak makes it look like Microsoft is finally getting it right

[Karlston]

Latest Windows 10 leak makes it look like Microsoft is finally getting it right

More rounded corners and splashes of color for a more modern look

(Image credit: Microsoft)

 

We keep getting glimpses of what the future might look like for Windows 10, and how the overall interface is set to change substantially down the line, with the latest sneak peek showing how more rounded corners could be introduced – and more besides.

 

Specifically, the Settings panel would seem to be set to benefit from a touch of UI renovation, with rounded corners on the window itself, and also on the ‘Check for updates’ button in the screenshot you can see below (of the Windows update section).

(Image credit: Microsoft / Windows Latest)

As Windows Latest reports, the interface changes are highlighted in screenshots which are mock-ups posted by Microsoft in the Tips app for Windows 10, and going by the build version (19542.1001) they’re not recent (from a few weeks back, or maybe even months). However, they’ve only just been spotted by a Windows Latest reader.

 

Aside from the rounded corners, the other notable elements here include the Settings app having a nifty new icon top-left, and the use of more color (with the ‘Check for updates’ button being blue instead of plain gray). Other grabs show the same increased use of rounded corners and splashes of color.

 

The fresh appearance is a more modern look, although remember that just because mock-up screenshots are floating around, that doesn’t necessarily mean Microsoft will go this way. Experimental changes can always be discarded or altered, of course – but that said, the revamp looks like a good move.

Sun Valley

We know that some major changes are in the pipeline, as we mentioned at the outset, with nothing less than a complete revamp for the UI, codenamed ‘Sun Valley’. That project aims to bring a more modern look to Windows 10, so the interface tweaks shown here make sense in that context, and it’s scheduled to arrive in the 21H2 feature update for Windows 10 (so roughly in a year).

 

Some enterprising soul has even made a concept video of what ‘Sun Valley’ might turn out like, based on the UI changes Microsoft has indicated it’s planning, and that’s certainly worth a watch.

 

 

Latest Windows 10 leak makes it look like Microsoft is finally getting it right

 

[Karlston]

Rounded corners... AND colour.... brilliant creative insightful lateral thinking innovations from the UI gurus. Never been done in a UI before.

 

That'll give it a modern look, no question. Well, until they decide "Modern" (again) means square corners and a bland lack of colour.

[steven36]

When i seen  the  topic I thought  may of gave  people control  of there  OS  back or something just wishful thinking . Rounded  corners just mean they all copy  old Mac OSX

 

Chrome OS

https://www.chromestory.com/2018/09/chrome-os-rounded-corners/

 

Mac OS had  Rounded  corners Prior to Mac OS X 10.5 2009  and they done away with it

https://osxdaily.com/2010/04/08/get-rounded-corners-back-on-your-macs-screen/

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/how-to-bring-back-rounded-screen-corners-in-leopard.384027/

 

 

Now they back with  Big Sur  it looks like Deepin  desktop version 20 (Linux DE ) they cloned Big Sur but since there in China Apple won't sue them.

https://itsfoss.com/macos-big-sur-deepin/

 

Also this Picom fork  Linux DE has them

https://github.com/ibhagwan/picom

 

So whats Old is new again  they use some type of   compositor to make them round. 💀

[Ryrynz]

Well if they bring some of this to 21H2 then it won't be as minor an update as I thought but it would likely be the largest change in an otherwise minor update. 

[SPECTRUM]

rounded corners is like returning back to the times of Windows XP/Vista/7, so its not really something modern, its just something retro.

[mp68terr]

And all this new/oldstyle/redesign/changed UI will disappear when the user will use app full screen.

[steven36]

After doing some testing on Linux all i had to do is install Canta Theme to get round  corners at the top of  the OS windows .

8 hours ago, mp68terr said:

And all this new/oldstyle/redesign/changed UI will disappear when the user will use app full screen.

With the old apple Mac OSX  this was not the case the screen edges even had rounded corners .

 

Apple  patent devices rectangle with rounded corners even  .

https://www.theverge.com/2012/11/7/3614506/apple-patents-rectangle-with-rounded-corners

[mp68terr]

18 minutes ago, steven36 said:

With the old apple Mac OSX  this was not the case the screen edges even had rounded corners .

Was using a mac too long ago to remember the version, no 'X' at that time though 😉

[steven36]

17 hours ago, SPECTRUM said:

Windows XP/Vista/7,

 

WTF these OS have to do with rounded corners  nothing that  i can think of  got a link to them ever having such?  I used  these OSes and i never seen any, even flat screens have been a thing since Vista.

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The year was 1981, and Macintosh was still in early development. Resident graphics master Bill Atkinson had just managed to get its OS to draw circles and ellipses, and he was proud of it. However, Steve Jobs, The Father of the Macintosh, had another more pressing request: rounded rectangles.

 

To Jobs, rounded rectangles were friendly, and he insisted that rounded corners were already everywhere. Jobs took Atkinson for walk to show that his request was not mere aesthetic whim. A few rounded objects and a “No Parking” sign later, Atkinson was convinced.

 

Atkinson managed to develop the necessary code to render rounded rectangles at lightning-fast speeds. Buttons and windows became rounded. These helped define the “safe” interface of the Macintosh. To customers, Mac had a softer, more welcoming appeal, which sat in contrast to the intimidating aura of both IBM and Microsoft’s products.

 

Apple’s legacy with rounded corners extends beyond software. When introduced, the iPhone was more “pocketable” than other phones of its time. Similarly, the iMac wasn’t as intimidating as the standard “Personal Computer” of the day: the Mac seemed like a laid-back friend; the PC, a man in a dark suit.

 

Jobs got it. Apple gets it. We are hard-wired to avoid and dislike sharp objects.

 

Sharp corners say, “Go away”, “Don’t touch me” or “I’ll scratch you”; rounded corners say, “It’s okay to hold me”. As children, we were trained to stay away from knives and sharp objects because they can hurt us.

 

https://designmodo.com/rounded-corners/

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Any  thing to do with rounded corners  is just copying apple .