Why the new Appearance in Robotstudio 2023.2!?

The Appearance of all the buttons in the ribbon has changed in the 2023.2 update. 
I urge to the developers to enable some sort of classic button style option, to satisfy all of us that does not like changes. 

Especially now since the yearly license fee has nearly doubled, I do not expect the program to be less user friendly when it was before.        

Comments

  • Agree 100%
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    David
    Swedish freelance ABB robot programmer
  • Not happy with the new design either. Hope that there is a choice in the new version or the old design is adopted again.
  • Hi everybody,

    colors of buttons help to find the commands much faster. Know we lose a lot of time to find them.

    Please implement a classic style option !

    Thanks

    Regards

    Cornet Raymond
    Manager
    LUXROBOTIC programming Sàrl
    +352 621 354 570
    [email protected]
    http://www.luxrobotic.com

    PC HP ZBook 17 G3
    intel Core i7 6700HQ 2.59 GHz
    RAM 16GB
    HDD 1TB
    NVIDIA Quadro M1000M
  • Neily03
    Neily03 ✭✭✭
    +1 it's been definitely been made less user friendly, at a glance all the buttons look the same. 

    Seems like being 'trendy' has been put before functionality.
  • For me it is much harder to find the functionalities now. - Much less user friendly design.

    Colors help so much to distinguish e.g. the parts, groups, locked parts looks so similar now...

    Also something to considder....e.g. View Robot at Target...the total Icon size is 4mm on my PC....how many people can recognize the full picture of an eye with something else???
  • 100% agreement here.  All large automakers insist on color enhanced visual management on interfaces. All I should have to look for to comment out lines of code is *blue* horizontal lines...
  • I prefer the old style as well. Maybe it is possible to implement a button to switch between the old and new style
  • prefer the old style as well. It's enough if my hair turns from black to gray - so I don't need a boring black/grey surface either



  • First open a rapid program in RS and then in notepad and you will see what a difference colors do.
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    David
    Swedish freelance ABB robot programmer
  • Martin_Greve
    edited August 7
    Totally agreed, really wish they made a toggle function to the old style/colors.
    Martin Greve
    Denmark

  • The new style of buttons is really hard on the eyes. Bring back the old style in the next update or put an option to use it. Luckily I found a 2022 version on my computer and I'm using it now.
  • Any updates on this topic?
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    David
    Swedish freelance ABB robot programmer
  • Hi everybody,

    I am also disappointed.

    I was hoping there would be more reaction, I can't imagine that the whole user community is actually happy with this new design

    Regards

    Cornet Raymond
    Manager
    LUXROBOTIC programming Sàrl
    +352 621 354 570
    [email protected]
    http://www.luxrobotic.com

    PC HP ZBook 17 G3
    intel Core i7 6700HQ 2.59 GHz
    RAM 16GB
    HDD 1TB
    NVIDIA Quadro M1000M
  • Hi everybody,

    I am also disappointed.

    I was hoping there would be more reaction, I can't imagine that the whole user community is actually happy with this new design

    I know around 15-20 people that work with robotstudio on a daily basis and everyone I talk to hates the new look. That said, not a single one of them would ever take the time to write something about it on a forum like this. 
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    David
    Swedish freelance ABB robot programmer
  • lemster68
    lemster68 ✭✭✭
    I just have not yet used that version.
    Lee Justice
  • Maybe the removal of colours is the first step to a darkmode, because now it would be way more easy to switch colours and still have contrast.
    I would appreciate it if this as the case. But the way it is right now, i don't like it either.
  • Hello everyone.First of all I'd like to thank you all for taking the time to provide the feedback on the new UI design of RobotStudio.
    I have been in touch with RobotStudio R&D regarding this topic and they have said the new design will stay, but it will be continously improved based on the received feedback.
    I would like to urge you to send in constructive criticism via your local ABB, as that route has higher gravity than posting suggestions here on the user forums.
    This is perhaps not the response many of you have been looking for, but it is a response (please don't shoot the messenger) :)

    Maxim Riabichev
    PC Software Support Engineer