Did you hear the information that Home windows 11 is getting a shiny new Begin menu? Earlier this week, alongside the announcement of the brand new Floor Professional and Floor Laptop computer, Microsoft revealed the much-reworked Begin menu, plus some new options (a few of that are barely delayed). Now, in a brand new weblog put up on the Microsoft Design web site, Microsoft revealed the way it got here to the brand new Begin menu that can quickly be out there for Home windows 11 customers.

Microsoft says it adopted the next 4 “guiding stars” to make the brand new Begin menu:

• Apps, at a look: all of your apps, together with pinned, put in, and freshly found, must be “proper there.”
• Make it yours: the menu ought to replicate your preferences and workflow, exhibiting what issues probably the most to you.
• Speed up the day: velocity issues up by eliminating pointless clicks.
• Honor the icon: maintain the menu acquainted whereas additionally providing some new stuff.

The design staff prototyped a bunch of designs. Listed below are a few of them with some attention-grabbing concepts, together with a novel tackle app categorization, a segmented Begin menu, widgets within the Begin menu (bear in mind reside tiles?), some critically radical notions, and extra:

Microsoft provides that over 300 Home windows 11 customers helped the corporate of their research, and a few even joined reside co-creation calls. Because of this, the corporate carried out the next adjustments:

What customers requested	What Microsoft made
Simpler app discovery	A single-view Begin menu along with your pins on the high, suggestions within the center, and dynamic app classes or the listing of all apps beneath. No extra switching between completely different views.
Smarter solutions	Home windows 11 now learns your preferences for extra helpful suggestions. Plus, the beneficial part could possibly be absolutely turned off (one of the crucial standard requests from customers)
Extra management	You’ll be able to choose what you wish to see extra of: pins or suggestions.
Clear cellular separation	A separate pane for all Telephone Hyperlink-related content material.

Right here is the ultimate end in motion:

The corporate additionally notes that the aim was to make sure the Begin menu seems good and is well-optimized for gadgets starting from a small Floor Go to huge 49-inch ultrawide shows. Microsoft doesn’t say when the brand new Begin menu shall be publicly out there for testing (to not point out the general public launch), however you’ll be able to already toggle it on utilizing characteristic IDs in current Home windows 11 preview builds.

What do you concentrate on the Begin menu redesign? Do you want how Microsoft addressed standard criticism?