- Windows 11 has a new black death screen (Bsod) instead of blue
- Simplify the current BSOD and change the color
- The problem is that perhaps it goes too far with rationalization, and looks too much like a Windows update that is applied
Windows 11 is obtaining a new design, and color, for the infamous ‘death screen’ that appears when the system is completely blocked and needs to be restarted.
The Verge reports that after 40 years of the blue death screen, we are now obtaining a black death screen, still abbreviated to a Bsod, and looks quite different from the current version in Windows 11.
In a change that we already knew I was in process, Microsoft has simplified the existing BSOD and eliminated the failed face together with the QR code on the screen. The new black screen for system locks is much more optimized and is currently being implemented in the launch preview channel.
In the blog post for that new compilation of preview of Windows 11, Microsoft explains: “A more optimized interface appears during an unexpected restart [system crash]. This updated design is aligned with the visual style of Windows 11 and helps you return to work faster. The screen shows a more readable design while maintaining technical details visible. This screen appears with a black background. “
You can see the new black screen below, which is mainly a simple message: “Your device encountered a problem and needs to restart.”
That is quite vague, of course, but for those interested in more details, there is a stop code (error message) at the bottom of the screen, as well as a pointer about ‘What failed’ (information about which system file was involved in error).
With this movement now present in the construction of preview of the launch, it means that the redesigned BSOD will reach the finished version of Windows 11 soon.
Analysis: boredom
Address these adjustments one by one, let’s start with the QR code, which has been banished. Am I going to surprise that? No, in a word, and I doubt that many other people either. The idea was to scan it and obtain a more complete image of the details of the blocking that was presented to it, but never taught any useful information, only a generic support propaganda. (And sometimes, users were not quick enough to be able to scan the code on the screen, anyway).
As for the dispensing of the frown, I suppose that the argument of this is that it seemed quite clumsy or possibly even childish, but it served an important function: to make it clear that a “bad thing has happened” (TM).
Here we enter the problem with the new Bsod in my opinion (and not only mine): that it is not so clear that an error has occurred. The design is very similar to a standard Windows update, particularly with the new black background, together with the ‘full percentage’ counter.
And so, people who do not read the thing correctly, and those people are definitely out there, they can be confused in what is happening. Another worried is that having the black screen can feel a little more intimidating, I have certainly seen this point raised before, since blue is a more friendly color, black is a bit pessimistic and gloom.
In any case, I believe that a visual backup copy of the text ‘The device encountered a problem’ would be useful. Okay, you do not need a giant face, but there could be some type of graph to indicate that an error has occurred, mainly to differentiate the BSOD screen from an update.
It would not be so difficult for Microsoft to make that adjustment, of course, and the company could do it, depending on the comments to the new Bsod. In theory, however, it is a difficult change to prove; In the final previous view channel, blockades should be unlikely, so not many Windows Insiders (also known as testers) will see it. (It is also worth noting that in early preview versions, the BSOD is actually a GSOD, a green screen).
