Hitting the clock in the Windows 11 taskbar brings up all of your notifications, along with a full calendar. Instead of combining notifications and system shortcuts into a single right-hand pane, they're now broken up across two screens. It's nice to be rid of that legacy, once and for all.Īs I dug further into the preview build, I noticed small tweaks throughout that just felt, well, nice. I've never met anyone who used the Live Tiles in Windows 10's Start menu, and those were just a distilled remnant from Windows 8's horrific full-screen Start page. This Start menu is certainly different, but after testing out the leaked build for two weeks, I've grown to prefer the changes. It features pinned app shortcuts up top, recommended files at the bottom, and a link in the top right to see the entire unfiltered Start Menu.
The centered and icon-filled taskbar still looks distinctly Mac-like the rounded window corners give off a slightly more polished vibe and the redesigned Start menu is sure to be controversial. At first glance, the Windows 11 Insider Preview, which started rolling out on Monday, doesn't look much different from the leaked build we covered a few weeks ago.
