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Well, actually. Not if you use a non-um printer. While that's a fair point, it's not very nice to "punish" your paying customers with in-your-face branding because a percentage of the users of the software are not paying.

Thanks for considering my changes. I didn't create a PR against the Ultimaker remote (yet) on purpose because I would like to see some discussion first.

Yeah, unfortunately Cura tries to write the cura.log crash report file to the folder it is run from, and normal programs are not allowed to write to Program Files directories. If you copy/move the whole Cura_15.06.02 folder to a location outside Program Files, it will at least be able to write cura.log and you can see/tell what actually crashed (the next time it crashes).

Can someone explain the "Open" and "Save" icons? I commend you for not using the floppy-disk icon, but I just don't understand these two icons. To me, the Open icon looks like a platform lifting in an SLA printer (liquid resin basin at the bottom). Not sure about the Save icon. A tap running over the resin basin?

I don't like the Cura logo/watermark featured so prominently in the interface. What other apps do you know that have a watermark like that? The Cura title is already in the titlebar. The placing is confusing, because it is placed right next to an important button, but it isn't a button itself. We already have the Ultimaker branding in the bed mesh, which actually has a function; it shows the orientation of the bed. No need to add another branding element IMHO.

I had some critique on the graphic design of the new Cura interface (https://ultimaker.com/en/community/view/16409-thoughts-about-the-new-cura?page=18#reply-112518), and decided to do something about it. Here's a work in progress: Current state of Cura on the left, my changes on the right. On my WXGA screen, I can get a better overview of the print settings. I have also removed some angled corners (section headers, scrollbar). Finally I removed the Cura watermark, because I find it a bit obnoxious. Overview of the changes: https://github.com/fieldOfView/Cura/pull/1/files

For the record I'll mention that I'm not a fan of the graphic design of the application. Most importantly, there's way too much whitespace in the settings panel, leading to a lack of overview of the settings even when only the default settings are enabled (let alone when more of the special settings are enabled).I tried editing the theme files, with some success, but the margin between the controls (lines) seems to be a function of the line-height. So the most important factor to tame down the whitespace is not accessible. The small font-size, light grey on white text is hard to read in places. Specifically the Mode/Machine selection at the top and the Please load a 3d model text at the bottom of the settings panel. Speaking of the Mode/Machine selections, I wonder why it is there in the first place. The Machine selection is duplicated in the Machine menu, and most of the "newbie users" the new Cura is supposedly focused at are going to have only 1 machine anyway. On the aesthetic side of things, I dislike the use of chamfered edges on EVERYTHING. On the buttons it is fine. The section headers are ok, but not my favorite thing to look at. But everything from progress bars to sliders? And all with different proportions/amounts of chamfering... It's just too much. There are also some rather poor alignment issues (eg vertical margins for the tooltips above the buttons, the horizontal alignment of the layer slider, just to name a few). Finally there's arguably the most important functionality of the application (saving the sliced gcode) which is pretty much hidden at the bottom right of a settings panel. Update: Some fixes here: http://ultimaker.com/en/community/view/16718-new-cura-theme-fixes

What I failed to mention was that model loading is a lot quicker now (fixed) and the layer slider visibility has been improved (fixed).

In this version I seem to be unable to change my Machine settings. I cannot enable the settings for Spiralise or Wire Printing, nor can I enable the Bed Temperature setting for my upgraded UMO. In 15.06.01 I could at least enable these settings. Enabling the settings in 02 simply doesn't add the option to the interface. Many setting toggles are also disabled now. Update: After I enabled said options in the machine settings in .01, the settings carried over to .02. Most of the settings that were disabled are now enabled. But changing the machine settings in .02 still has no effect. /Update When installed in the Program Files (x86) folder, Cura can not write to Cura.log (unless Cura is started in elevated mode). So when a Python error occurs, it is impossible to figure out what went wrong. Is there any way this file could be created at some other location? (Somewhere in AppData, or in the .cura folder in the profile folder which legacy Cura used)

Nice! Creating the octo.gcode tempfile wasn't working for me, so I changed that bit by using the tempfile module to create a file in the temp folder (should work cross-platform). This file is then also cleanly disposed of after sending the file to OctoPrint. http://f.fld.vu/temp/cura_octoprint_tempfile.patch One issue is that this implementation locks up the UI thread, so the UI cannot show the progress.

@Alex, looks good! Yes, please...

Done: https://github.com/Ultimaker/Cura/issues/92

I must say that after the initial shock of "hey, everything is different!", I am starting to like the new interface. I have started to tweak the theme so it is a little less wasteful with screen real-estate, and tweaking is fun. I must say though, that the drop in performance is staggering. Loading the Ultimaker Robot takes around 12 seconds with 15.06.01, versus 2 seconds with 15.04. A factor of 6 slower. I have not even tried loading a more complex object (eg a 10 million polygon 3d scan...). After loading the Ultimaker Robot, it takes the new version another 12(ish) seconds to slice the object, versus 4 seconds on legacy-Cura. That is significant.

In my opinion, slicing is better done on the desktop. More control over parameters, and lots more processing power. I guess it is smarter to wait for Pink Unicorn to try doing a proper "Send to Octoprint" plugin in Cura.

That's a bit scary. There is also the "current" and "develment" api which are vastly different... Now that Octoprint 1.2 has been released, there is one stable API.

Yes, colorfabb whites have a rough surface finish. On the positive side, these prints can be sanded to a really nice plaster-like finish.

Not the best descriptive text I have ever read... Here's my go at it. 'We will also add a filter, that will enable you to see what topics have new answers since you last read the topic (or since you last marked the topic as read), with an option to totally ignore a topic or (sub)forum. The filter settings you use will be stored so when you get back to the forum you automatically will have your accustomed overview of relevant information.'

Hi @daid. Just a quick note of support and thanks for speaking out from a mostly-lurker. And a note of concern: Ultimaker without @daid would be the worst possible outcome. Think happy unicorns!

Noooo! Not more bars on the top of the screen!

Currently http://umforum.ultimaker.com/ (the url of the old forum) redirects to http://ultimaker.com/. Wouldn't it be better to have it redirect to https://ultimaker.com/en/community/dashboard'>https://ultimaker.com/en/community/dashboard'>https://ultimaker.com/en/community/dashboard'>https://ultimaker.com/en/community/dashboard or https://ultimaker.com/en/community instead?

@IRobertI, your greasemonkey fixes look good. Ready to share it?

Well, the author is not arguing against cleaning up messy code, he argues that there are other (better) ways to make code less messy than by throwing all functioning code out and starting over, making decisions (good and bad) all over again. Having said that, ofcourse I am dying to try out Pink Unicorn Let's face it, this website is not Netscape of yore, nor is it Digg. I'm already starting to get used to how it is, and am happy to see you are open to suggestions and are actively improving it. My day was ok, today is looking better. I don't drink much coffee though...

No, what I mean is that if someone likes my post, then replies to it by quoting me, I get three distinct notifications (and I don't even know what it means if I get "tagged" in a post, but that also happens). On my screen the default list of notifications has about 6 lines before it needs to scroll, so a single "action" can almost fill up the entire notification area. What I suggest is that instead of three or four different notifications, I get one that says "Thread X has new activity: 4 comments, 1 quote, 16 likes" (possibly with icons instead of the comments, quote and like terms). This way the notification area become more of a (much needed) navigation tool for updates that are relevant to me.

Please don't filter out single linebreaks. I like whitespace between paragraphs a much as the next guy, but there are plenty of reasons to want to put stuff on a new line without starting a new paragraph. Please convert urls I post to links without having to resort to bb code (http://ultimaker.com)

Sofar I have participated in three threads, and this already overwhelms the notifications area. When I return to the forum after a bit of printing (or any other activity ), I have individual notifications of new posts, likes, tags and quotes from every single thread. I would much rather have a single notification that "stuff" happens in that thread, with a link to the first new occurance (ie: link directly to the specific new answer, quote, like, or whatever, not to the OP).