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A couple of weeks ago, a CL on Chromium Gerrit suggested implementing Windows 11's Mica and Mica Alt in Google Chrome, making the browser's tab strip more visually appealing.It did not take long ...
Microsoft recently removed Windows 11 visual effects from the Edge browser, but shortly after, the user-favorite material is ...
Analysis: Mica helps you focus, too. The plan, then, would seem to be the gradual introduction of Mica on a broader basis across Microsoft’s core Windows 11 (and Office) apps. That’s no bad ...
What is Mica Blur on Windows 11? In case you do not know, Mica blur is similar to acrylic blur, but it beats out the latter by being less resource-intensive, since it samples via your PC’s ...
The acrylic and mica blur effects used to be present in the Microsoft Edge title bar and context menus. It was a subtle but very important design addition that helped aligned the app with the rest of ...
Mica is the new blur effect available in Windows 11. An Office Insider in the Beta Channel spotted the new style of blurring in Microsoft Word and shared a screenshot on Reddit .
In Windows 11, Mica will be applied in a range of scenarios, but Microsoft insists the introduction of greater intelligence to design elements will not come at the cost of performance.