- Windows 11 has a new black screen with death (BSOD) rather than blue
- It simplifies the current BSOD as well as to change the color
- The problem is that it might go too far with the streamlining and looks pretty too much like a windows update used
Windows 11 gets a new design – and color – for the infamous ‘death screen’ that appears when the system is completely locked together and needs to be restarted.
The Verge reports that after 40 years with the blue death screen we are now getting a black death screen – which is still shortened to a BSOD – and it looks completely different from the current version in Windows 11.
In a change we already knew was in pipeline, Microsoft has simplified the existing BSOD and removed the shaking face along with the QR code on the screen. The new black -colored system accidents are far more streamlined and is currently implemented in tests for the release test channel.
In the blog post for the new Windows 11 -PreView -Build, Microsoft explains: “A more streamlined interface appears during an unexpected reboot [system crash]. This updated design is in line with Windows 11’s visual style and helps you return to work faster. The screen shows a more readable layout, while the technical details are visible. This screen appears with a black background. “
You can see the new black screen below, which is mostly a simple message: “Your device ran into a problem and need to restart.”
Of course, it’s pretty guard, but for those interested in more details, there is a stop code (error message) at the bottom of the screen as well as a marker of ‘what failed’ (info about which system file was involved in the error).
With this step, which is now present in the release example, it means that the redesigned BSOD will soon come to the finished version of Windows 11.
Analysis: Crashing drill
Let’s start with the QR code that has been banished. Should i miss it? No, with a word, and I doubt many other people will not either. The idea was to scan it and get a fuller picture of the details of the crash that was presented to you, but it never really provided useful information, just a generic support blurb. (And sometimes users were not quick enough to scan the code on the screen anyway).
As for dispensing with the shaking face, I assume that the argument for this is that it looked pretty clumsy or undoubtedly even childish, but it served an important function of kind: making it clear that a ‘bad thing’ (TM) has happened.
Here we come to the problem of the new look BSOD in my opinion (and not just mine): That it is not so clear that a mistake has occurred. The design is very similar to a standard Windows update, especially with the new black background, along with the ‘Percentage Complete’ counter.
And that’s why people who don’t read the thing properly – and these people, certainly out there – can get confused about what’s going on. A further niggle is that having the screen black may feel a little more scary – I have certainly seen this point raised before – since blue is a friendlier color, black is a little downfall and gloomy.
In any case, I think a visual backup to ‘The device ran into a problem’ text would be convenient. Okay, you don’t need a huge wrinkled face, but there may be some kind of graphics to indicate that an error has occurred, mainly to differentiate the BSOD screen from an update.
It wouldn’t be that difficult for Microsoft to do this fine -tuning, of course, and the company might just do so, depending on feedback to the new BSOD. In theory, however, it is a difficult change to test; In the last preview -channel, crashes should be unlikely, so not many Windows insiders (alias testers) will see it. (It is also worth noting that BSOD in early preview versions is actually a GSOD – a green screen).
