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Hey everyone! I now have enough money to purchase a license for the Adobe CC, I'm considering buying it, but I'd like to see what you guys think of that.

Today I finished the second element of my Sun Valley concepts project. In this project, I'll be redesigning different Windows 10 elements to better fit the aesthetic of this year's Sun Valley update. This time I only decided to do the concept in a light theme - recolouring for the dark theme would be very tedious.

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In this concept, I decided to focus on an essential part of the Taskbar - its Flyouts. The flyouts have been part of Windows since 1995, and contain useful information such as the network status or the time. However, the Taskbar is becoming increasingly bloated with useless Flyouts, often repeating information, hence why I figured modernising these would be the next logical step from the taskbar.

Quick Settings //

I feel like this one is pretty self-explanatory. Based on inspirations from Windows 10X, I decided to detach the Quick Settings and Notifications, trying to achieve the goal of a less cluttered flyout. It features both the Volume and Brightness sliders, as well as a customisable set of Quick Actions.

Notification Centre //

As I said above, I detached the Quick Settings and Notification panels, with the goal of making it less cluttered. I found inspiration from Android 11 for this one, with two new features coming from it:
- Categorised notifications: All notifications will be sorted into three categories; Messages (This includes Emails), Active, and Silent. These can be collapsed so you can see only the notifications you want.
- Smart Actions: Each notification will be provided actions based off AI to allow the user to easily do things they usually do; such as a message having a Reply Box, an option to make a Reminder, and a Dismiss button.

Network Settings //

I really couldn't think of much to change here, apart from removing the Personal Hotspot toggle. I found that it was unnecessary for computers with no mobile data capabilities to have the option to do something they cannot.

Power & Battery //

Another one I couldn't think to change much of. All I really did here was modernise it.

Now Playing (Media) //

I also decided to make a completely original flyout too, based off my own desires. I think it would be awesome to have easy access to Media Controls, especially when you have multiple apps open on multiple desktops. So, I based this off of the full media controls present in Groove Music.

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Please let me know what you think in the comments and let me know what pieces of Windows you want to see in the Sun Valley style!

*Note: All my submissions are made in Microsoft PowerPoint, including this one.

Description
Hey everyone! I now have enough money to purchase a license for the Adobe CC, I'm considering buying it, but I'd like to see what you guys think of that.

Today I finished the second element of my Sun Valley concepts project. In this project, I'll be redesigning different Windows 10 elements to better fit the aesthetic of this year's Sun Valley update. This time I only decided to do the concept in a light theme - recolouring for the dark theme would be very tedious.

_________________

In this concept, I decided to focus on an essential part of the Taskbar - its Flyouts. The flyouts have been part of Windows since 1995, and contain useful information such as the network status or the time. However, the Taskbar is becoming increasingly bloated with useless Flyouts, often repeating information, hence why I figured modernising these would be the next logical step from the taskbar.

Quick Settings //

I feel like this one is pretty self-explanatory. Based on inspirations from Windows 10X, I decided to detach the Quick Settings and Notifications, trying to achieve the goal of a less cluttered flyout. It features both the Volume and Brightness sliders, as well as a customisable set of Quick Actions.

Notification Centre //

As I said above, I detached the Quick Settings and Notification panels, with the goal of making it less cluttered. I found inspiration from Android 11 for this one, with two new features coming from it:
- Categorised notifications: All notifications will be sorted into three categories; Messages (This includes Emails), Active, and Silent. These can be collapsed so you can see only the notifications you want.
- Smart Actions: Each notification will be provided actions based off AI to allow the user to easily do things they usually do; such as a message having a Reply Box, an option to make a Reminder, and a Dismiss button.

Network Settings //

I really couldn't think of much to change here, apart from removing the Personal Hotspot toggle. I found that it was unnecessary for computers with no mobile data capabilities to have the option to do something they cannot.

Power & Battery //

Another one I couldn't think to change much of. All I really did here was modernise it.

Now Playing (Media) //

I also decided to make a completely original flyout too, based off my own desires. I think it would be awesome to have easy access to Media Controls, especially when you have multiple apps open on multiple desktops. So, I based this off of the full media controls present in Groove Music.

_________________

Please let me know what you think in the comments and let me know what pieces of Windows you want to see in the Sun Valley style!

*Note: All my submissions are made in Microsoft PowerPoint, including this one.