As I’ve wrote in my last post, I was working on the main program window in the last time and I want to show you 3 screenshots. Please be aware that these are early screenshots and icons and other UI may change until the final release.
Main Window - Blue Style
The most noticable change is the new sidebar which is similar to the one you find in Outlook 2007. The statistic region from version 4.0 has been renamed to “Home” and contains beside the statistic links and the logbook info box also the downloaders, importers and exporters you use regulary. If you want to access the other downloaders, importers and exporters you can click the tabs at the bottom.
In the (not yet completed) preferences window in the screenshot above, you can see that the language can be changed dynamically. This means that there is only one executable in future which can use all available languages, which means that updates in future will be available immediatly for all languages. This makes deploying of new versions for me also a lot easier and faster.
The sidebar can be resized and collapsed like in Outlook to give more room on small Netbook displays. The non resizable dialogs can be moved additionally over the main window GUI, which makes it possible to display them above maximized windows (e.g. table editor) and is usefull on small displays.
Main Window - Silver Style
Main Window - Black Style
Well, there are still a few things to do until I can release an alpha version, but it’s coming along!
Tags: Diving Log 5.0, Main Window