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So its here...SW08 anounced today

shock horror 08 is out now ( a topic on its own) and from the little Ive seen so far the new GUI is complete PUKE. please someone tell me this isn't for real just what the hell goes on at HQ to generate this stuff? I cant believe they turned a half decent interface (although I read tooltips or memorise position since 04 rather than try to decypher the 'nice' icons) into a Microsoft Office wannabe..aaaarrrrrgh!!! GOD HELP US

If it really is like that then thats truly the end of my SW upgrade days

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neilscad
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I know one big reason to upgrade for me....

Virtual Components! ok, there's one anyways.

As far as the new UI goes I was a bit skeptical at first but after using it a while I like it. I think how it's going to go is if your someone who absolutely has a hard time with change.... your going to hate it. But it really is a change to save time and mouse travel once you've used it for a while. It won't be faster at first becuase it's different and you have to become acclimated.

The one big thing to keep in mind is that you can make your own custom tabs and put the tools you use all time there just in case you have a hard time with the new UI.

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dvanzile3

There are lots of great additions in the assemblies area in particular.

I don't have a hard time with change, as long as its change for the better, and there seems to be some purpose to the change. The pop-up context toolbars save time and mouse travel, but the rest is hype, and trying to make something true just by saying it.

In general, the new interface is far less flexible than 2007, which is not a change in the right direction.

Read my blog to get this side of the story:

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matt

You can see the UG/ACAD/SE influence.

Why? Why? I ask for no change to the interface and they change it. I ask that the feature manager be improved and a third party comes up with an addin.

I just want to design, not play musical icons with SW. The old Pro/E menu system is starting to look good again.

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I have SW spread across dual monitors. How will this help me?? Wont I just have a big band of waste space across the top and endless journeys to the top left corner?

Can I run the new Realview stuff without spending NZ$3-5000 on a new graphics card? Sure this stuff is coming, in fact I suggested this stuff as an avenue for improvement, but its a couple of years ahead of the price point.

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neilscad

I just picked up 2004 the other day for a small project. Can't run

2007 on the hardware, but 2004 works fast and almost perfectly. It wasn't hard to forget 2007 and 2006. 2004 certainly didn't slow me down. Keep those old CDs. Get Sun's Open Office.

Time to Design, No time to relearn.

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