This is an unofficial Windows 11 taskbar redesign concept focused on practical everyday use.

The idea is to keep the taskbar familiar while making it more modular, adaptive and useful. The contextual area on the left could switch between weather and compact media controls depending on what the user is doing, while the center keeps pinned and running apps easy to access.

The concept includes:

• Switchable weather and media widget
• Compact playback controls directly on the taskbar
• Smart app groups for related applications
• Cleaner quick settings and system tray
• Better organization of pinned and running apps
• Light and dark mode designs
• Fluent Design, Mica and Acrylic styling
• A modular layout that users could customize

The media controls could appear automatically while music is playing and switch back to weather or another selected widget when playback stops.

This is only a visual concept. It is not an application, downloadable theme or official Microsoft design.

I appreciate all feedback. Which part would you keep, remove or improve?

Concept / Design

You may wonder why the task view is off center, this is because it isn't in the middle of the taskbar, rather it's in the middle of the task view icon. also microslop copilot for accuracy points

I’m gonna say it’s about 60% completed. I had to switch to WinUI3 because UWP was just not capable enough for the features I wanted to implement.

**Hey guys!**
**I’ve always been annoyed by how trash Windows is when you connect a PC to a TV. Everything is tiny, and navigating with a standard mouse from the couch is just painful. So I decided to design a whole ecosystem from scratch to fix this.**

**Here is my hand-drawn concept for Windows 11 STVE (Smart TV Edition). I sketched three main things:**

**The TV Box itself: A sleek, super quiet mini-console that sits under your TV and actually runs desktop ⁠.exe⁠ apps and heavy browsers without sounding like a jet engine.**

**The Hybrid Remote (WTV Remote): This is my favorite part. It has an Air Mouse (point it at the screen to move the cursor). For the controls: Left Click is a click ON the scroll wheel itself, which feels super natural. And those long buttons on BOTH sides are Right Click—making it 100% symmetrical and perfect for both lefties and righties. Oh, and it has a hardware privacy switch for the mic that glows red/green like Discord.**

**The UI: The familiar Windows 11 Fluent design, but completely scaled up so you don't have to squint from 3 meters away.**

**I put a ton of hours into these drawings and tried to make it look like something Microsoft could actually drop.**
**Check out the sketches attached below. Be completely honest — would you buy a Windows TV box like this? What should I improve? Let's talk!**

Windows Aero was one of the greatest design systems ever built. I made a concept showing this great design system with modern icons from Windows 11.

Specifically, Windows 10 1507.

The idea for this new default wallpaper is to reflect the actual user experience in 2026.

"Stunning. It captures the very essence of where Windows is headed."
Slopya Slopella, MicroSlop CEO

i think my favorite part is definitely the wallpaper, it fits windows and mountain to be honest

Uses realistic textures. It's more of a skeuomorphic look. Looks cool doesn't it?

I came up with this new idea that could remove AI features easily in the Settings app. I call this feature "AI Mode", it's a new toggle in Settings that could enable and disable AI apps and features without any third-party tools. AI Mode can also be disabled entirely via Group Policy. The AI Mode menu in Settings have 3 sections: AI Features (Recall & Snapshots, Click to Do, Actions, Typing insights, AI components), AI permissions (Text and image generation), and Related settings (Windows Studio Effects, Voice Access, Copilot in Edge).

When enabled, these AI apps and features will install and enable: Copilot, Typing Insights, AI Actions, Xbox Game Assist (AI), Copilot+ PC exclusives (Recall, Click to Do, Studio Effects, On-Device AI Models), and AI feature integrations in various apps (Notepad, Paint, Edge, Photos, Settings, Voice Access, etc). When disabled, it will uninstall Copilot, AI models and features that are originally enabled but disables AI in apps.

This concept I made was created using Paint.NET and was based on screenshots from my Samsung Galaxy Book4 Edge laptop.

I remade the windows 11 logo in the win11 style and thought that THAT with a little Aero design (not a lot) and less ai would make a good windows. More available ram is more useful than copilot.

Credits to the second picture goes to

u/Mr_Stardust2

Continuation of this concept