For a long time it was believed that the taskbar, divided into two entities - the dock and the menu bar - was a feature
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So, within the framework of the last conference Ignite 2022developers from Microsoft showed a prototype of the updated design of Windows 11. And judging by it, in the near future, the operating system of the Redmond company will become similar to macOS in this regard:

However, our Windows Central colleague Zach Bowden confirmed that he had seen the design before. For clarity, he even reproduced it in a graphics editor:

From the image it follows that in Windows 11 alsoa semblance of a dock will appear, as well as a system menu on the top of the screen. At the same time, judging by the same picture, Microsoft will also create an analogue of Dynamic Island, namely interactive widgets in the top center.
At the moment, there is no information about how soon such a transformation will overtake Windows 11. Alternatively, this will happen with the release of the next major system update in 2023.