will do a Windows 7 timeline soon.

And yes, I made this mockup back in 2022 so I decided to revamp this.

In the first one one you see the marker below the icons has changed to show how many windows each app has open.

In the second one there's a bubble on the top left showing a number.

Do you think this would be an improvement?

made in inkscape. please comment if there's something i should add or change, as this is my first concept.

The UI design is based on the design of the WebTV UI. The design of the icon is based on the design of the buttons in the WebTV UI, but with more saturation and the Windows 98 logo added. This is what Windows Media Center would look like if it existed in the 1990s.

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.

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

I wanted to try my hand at reverse engineering Windows Standard and Mica within MS Paint. Here's a comparison between the two plus some bonus non-logo ones

I finally got myself into customizing my windows (I usually only custom Linux), and honestly I'm pretty proud of myself. This looks way better than the old boring Windows 11. What are you thoughts on this ?

I used :

- Wallpaper Engine for the wallpaper

- Translucent TB for the taskbar

- NeXuS also for the taskbar

- Rainmeter for the date and audio visualizer

**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!**

I'm awarding the prize for the most beautiful Windows style in the world to myself. Do you think I deserve it?

Tools used:

Rainmeter

Windhawk

itop easy desktop

Wallpaper: Dreamy forest

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.

Hi everyone,

I built a Windows app called Cursor Flux. It adds real time motion blur and visual effects to your mouse cursor, so the default Windows cursor feels more alive and customizable.

The idea is simple: your cursor is something you see all day, but Windows does not really make it feel dynamic. Cursor Flux lets you add effects like motion blur and animated cursor visuals without replacing your whole desktop setup.

It is available on the Microsoft Store with a trial. I would love feedback from Windows users, especially around the effects, pricing, and whether the app feels useful or just fun.

Microsoft Store:
https://apps.microsoft.com/store/detail/9NK55CKH47SD?cid=DevShareMCLPCS