White?!

Submitted by axel on Sun, 01/05/2011 - 00:55

Hi,

We have released a development release about a week ago. Probably not many people noticed - but it contains a revolution, and we'd like to know what you think about it: is it too brutal? Is it what you were longing for all your life?

The revolution I was referring to is not pink, orange, jasmine (is that a color?) or green: it's white and clean. It's ROOT's new default style and a modernization of the GUI look.

New canvas style

New GUI style

See the release notes or this excerpt on how to avoid it - and please post your comments about how you think we can improve it! Olivier and Bertrand will definitely still tweak a few things over the next weeks - but if we don't get feedback then this is what you'll have for the next ROOT decade ;-)

Cheers,
Axel

This is looks much better now

Submitted by Iflexion (not verified) on Thu, 01/12/2011 - 02:32.
This is looks much better now and will impress new users even more. I've been using something similar for a long time.

Re: Better

Submitted by axel on Fri, 09/12/2011 - 09:07.

Hi lflexion,

Thanks for your feedback - glad you like it!

Cheers, Axel

Screenshots

Submitted by Ozgur (not verified) on Thu, 12/05/2011 - 22:29.
Now you should re upload some of the screenshots :)

Re: Screenshots

Submitted by axel on Fri, 13/05/2011 - 17:32.

Hi Ozgur,

Yes, good point, I agree! I'll talk to Olivier and Bertrand - though I know they are very busy with converting the users guide to docbook (!) and the new GUI. So it might take a bit. But it will happen :-)

Cheers, Axel.

converting the users guide to

Submitted by Jan (not verified) on Tue, 17/05/2011 - 17:47.
converting the users guide to docbook
finally User Guide in "normal" format ...
and the new GUI
this is news ! maybe more info (new Recent Blog Posts). Anyway, thanks for great news.

Cheers, Jan

Users Guide

Submitted by axel on Tue, 17/05/2011 - 19:53.

Hi Jan,

Thanks for your comment! That's a good point: I will post what Olivier did with the Users Guide. It's still in the works - so wait a few days, please!

Cheers, Axel

Good news :) I hope the next

Submitted by X. D. (not verified) on Wed, 11/05/2011 - 13:29.
Good news :) I hope the next step for the default style will be not to have the color bar with "colz" option which may overlap the last number of the X axis. I saw so many figs with the former ugly default style from seniors scientists ^^

This depends on the axis

Submitted by olivier couet (not verified) on Wed, 11/05/2011 - 15:11.
This depends on the axis labels. But I agree we can improve the default. You have long labels ? May be post an example on the forum showing what you mean.

I can't belive this!

Submitted by Ruggero (not verified) on Mon, 09/05/2011 - 22:50.
I can't belive this!

Real

Submitted by axel on Tue, 10/05/2011 - 10:02.

Hi Ruggero,

Yes, things happen. I interpret your comment as a positive one :-)

Cheers, Axel

Looks much better!

Submitted by Whitney (not verified) on Mon, 09/05/2011 - 15:17.
I think this looks much better!

Thanks

Submitted by axel on Tue, 10/05/2011 - 10:00.

Hi Whitney,

Thanks for casting your vote!

Cheers, Axel.

Much better

Submitted by Marcelo (not verified) on Mon, 09/05/2011 - 09:18.
Much better now, this will impress new users even more. I have been using something similar for a long time.

Thanks!

Submitted by axel on Mon, 09/05/2011 - 13:21.

Hi Marcelo,

Thanks! For me it's not so much about impressing people but about providing defaults that reduce the amount of user intervention, i.e. that is "good enough" with respect to beauty and functionality. I think Olivier managed to find that configuration.

Cheers, Axel

new style is bad

Submitted by mad (not verified) on Tue, 03/05/2011 - 08:59.
I don't like this new style. The result is more or less OK when drawing a simple image in a canvas, but the picture becomes unreadable when using multiple pads. In this case the fonts are hardly visible, there is no separation between pads and the titles are at a wrong position. mad

Bad

Submitted by axel on Tue, 03/05/2011 - 11:43.

Hi mad,

Thanks for your comment! The example I posted uses multiple pads, and while readability of the fonts is indeed an issue I don't see the other problems you mentioned. Could you post a screenshot on the forum?

Cheers, Axel.

Finally!

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 03/05/2011 - 06:56.
Finally!

I agree, the white background

Submitted by Benjamin (not verified) on Mon, 02/05/2011 - 16:09.
I agree, the white background is a much, much better default. I also like the new default for col. The default blue for 1D histograms while however soon be draining my blue printer cartridge I fear.

It's... It's beautiful!

Submitted by Conor (not verified) on Mon, 02/05/2011 - 13:06.
I've been waiting for this for a long, long time... It'll greatly reduce the number of lines in my .rootlogon.C :)

This is great! No more need

Submitted by Robert (not verified) on Sun, 01/05/2011 - 21:56.
This is great! No more need to set SetStyle("Plain"). And no more ugly grey plots from new students :-)

Credits

Submitted by axel on Mon, 02/05/2011 - 08:12.

Hi Robert

Thanks for your comment! That's right, it's in my opinion even better than the plain style. It's based on a combination of the experiments' official styles, tweaked e.g. for backward compatibility.

Cheers, Axel

Hooray! But now how will we

Submitted by Andy (not verified) on Sun, 01/05/2011 - 04:35.
Hooray! But now how will we tell when a plot was made by an undergrad summer student? :)