New GUI

lynneconnolly · Post by **lynneconnolly** » Tue Aug 08, 2017 8:02 am

Will the new GUI have an autohide? Because, nice though it is, it takes up a lot of screen real estate.

Post by **admin** » Tue Aug 08, 2017 11:23 am

There will be no autohide in the initial release of Atlantis Word Processor with the new GUI.

lynneconnolly · Post by **lynneconnolly** » Tue Aug 08, 2017 11:46 am

That's disappointing. Can you opt to choose the old style menus instead? Without an autohide, that interface is just too busy for me.

Post by **admin** » Tue Aug 08, 2017 11:57 am

Sorry, but the old GUI (if you mean the old toolbars) will not be available in version 3.x.

lynneconnolly · Post by **lynneconnolly** » Tue Aug 08, 2017 11:58 am

Very disappointing. I'll be sticking to the old version, then. Surely the new GUI will be a problem on smaller screens?

Post by **admin** » Tue Aug 08, 2017 12:28 pm

I am not sure what you mean by "smaller screens".

Here is how the new GUI looks under 1366x768 (the most common PC screen resolution):

But I do not think that there could be any problem even under 1024x768:

In addition, you could always hide the horizontal ruler and/or the document bar to gain extra space for document contents, or use the Full Screen mode.

But of course, you can stick with version 2.x or even version 1.x.

lynneconnolly · Post by **lynneconnolly** » Tue Aug 08, 2017 12:49 pm

I mean on screens like my 8 inch Windows tablet. With all that stuff at the top, and unable to hide it, that means there's less space for the text, which has to be magnified for ease of use.
I'd just ask that you make the old GUI available, or give the new GUI an autohide button, as is done in WPS Office and Microsoft Office, and is planned for the new LibreOffice GUI, after numerous requests from users.
To me, that new GUI is pretty ugly, but it's also far too busy and cluttered to provide a useful workspace.
But thank you for the information, I do appreciate the swift answers!

Breew · Post by **Breew** » Wed Aug 16, 2017 5:13 pm

Will also vote for the auto-hide.. even though I am in 1900x1600 i do a lot of 2 page work. This will take up Way to much real estate. Its a ribbon interface with a different take on how its laid out and works. I don't want to have to learn a new interface, again.
Can we have option of classic interface or a reducing new interface<partial auto hide>

ill reserve judgment on this but i am worried about how that interface looks and seems to work from whats been posted..