Currently, the Phone Link experience feels like an app that runs on top of Windows, and that’s probably because that's what it is.
Windows 11 already does a great job linking your Android phone with your PC using the Phone Link app, but we want more. You could borrow the Xbox Dashboard UI, adapt it for PC usage, and automatically bring it up when the PC detects a controller has been detected. Why not build a dedicated gaming mode that works well with an Xbox controller? Similar to Steam’s “Big Picture Mode” but for Windows as a whole. Don’t try to force it on PCs that aren’t touch-only, Microsoft.Ī dynamic UI extends to other areas of the ecosystem too.
We’re not asking for the Start screen or live tiles return, but we support the notion of a radical, touch-only UI, but only for tablets this time. Windows 8, for all its flaws, was an excellent UI for touch-only devices. We want a complete redesign of the Windows UI for touch-first experiences. Windows 11 has a touch UI, but it’s just the desktop UX being “adapted” to work better with a finger. So, why not build out a dedicated tablet UI for tablet devices? A special experience designed just for those who use Windows on touch-only devices. The current Windows 11 desktop UI is excellent for mouse and keyboard users, but we think it could be better for other form factors such as tablets. This is the nature of early work-in-progress planning and prototyping.įor now, we can only wonder how a confidential UI prototype of this caliber ended up in the main keynote of a Microsoft conference.This one goes with the scalability suggestion above, but it would be great if Windows 12 were more dynamic and adaptive to the kind of hardware you’re using it on from a UI perspective. It's still very early days for Next Valley, and since nothing is committed to code yet, this UI exploration can and likely will change between now and when the next version of Windows is ready to be announced. Windows 11 attempts to find a balance, but it still leans more toward mouse input first and touch input second. Windows 8 was too touch-centric, and Windows 10 was too mouse-centric. Microsoft has struggled to find a balance between touch and mouse users with previous versions of Windows. It's something that Microsoft wants to be able to scale across desktop, laptop, and tablet form factors, including those with foldable displays. I'm told this proposed design prototype aims to achieve an interface that is better optimized for touch without diminishing the experience for mouse and keyboard users. There are also plans for more sweeping UI updates that were not shown at Ignite, including a new lock/login screen, notification center, and more. I've seen different variations of this design layout, including a version that houses the system icons/elements along the top in a translucent bar instead of just floating on the desktop.
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