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<\/a><\/p>\nYes, a Ribbon interface. We know that many of you will cheer, some of you will say “Big whoop” and some will reel in utter disbelief. Before any of you start sending us emails, please give it a moment, look at it and try it out.<\/p>\n
We have spent a considerable amount of time during this re-design to streamline access to the most commonly used functions, to throw out obsolete functionality and to add new bits and knobs that were long overdue.<\/p>\n
For all the nay-sayers on the ribbon interface, lets address some of the concerns we heard:<\/p>\n
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- It uses so much more space, I need all the real-estate for my code I can get.
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Ok. Let’s look at that. Here we have a typical PrimalScript 2011 vis-a-vis a 2012 screenshot:\n![\"image\"](\"http:\/\/www.sapien.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/image_thumb1.png\" "\\"image\\"")
<\/a><\/p>\nThe difference between the two is negligible. We did choose 2011 toolbars with roughly the same functionality as the 2012 Home tab offers.
In either case Shift+Alt+Enter switches to full screen mode and you get the same space in either version.<\/p>\n![\"image\"](\"http:\/\/www.sapien.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/image_thumb2.png\" "\\"image\\"")
<\/a><\/p>\n- I can hide the toolbars since I don’t use them anyway and only use the menu.
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Ok. Right-click on the ribbon and select “Minimize Ribbon” With that one click everything hides, as opposed to hiding multiple toolbars one-by one.\n - I can hide the toolbars since I don’t use them anyway and only use the menu.