Microsoft has offered a glimpse of Project Neon, the rumored new design language for the Windows 10 Redstone 3 update. “Project NEON a...
“Project NEON aims to add fluidity, animation and blur to apps and the operating system and will also include a focus on Microsoft’s 3D efforts in Windows 10, HoloLens software,” – The Verge
A few details about Project Neon were leaked in January, and now Microsoft appears to have confirmed these changes in a slide during a presentation at its Windows Developer Day. Windows 10 is meant to be the last version of Windows, but that doesn’t mean it’s going to remain a static operating system. Microsoft intends to keep tweaking it as and when necessary, and with the number of devices running Windows expanding, Microsoft clearly thinks it’s necessary.
While Microsoft doesn’t actually mention Project Neon in the slide, it did show its Groove Music app in the same design as the images leaked by MSPoweruser in January.
The next time we should expect to see more information about Project Neon is at Microsoft’s BUILD 2017 developer conference on May 10. However, the Neon APIs are apparently already available to developers in the latest preview builds of Windows 10. So I wouldn’t be surprised to see a few screenshots and even videos appearing before BUILD kicks off.
Neon would be Microsoft’s third design language, following Aero Glass and Metro, which is now known as Microsoft Design Language.
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