Cracking The 2010 UI - Go back to classic

[Andre Baros]

Looks like I'm too late. The instructions for restoring functionality are gone.

[iankids]

There's this thing in Architecture called "Phased Construction" - where you don't tear down one building until the new building is complete. Some good ideas there...

Anyway - looks like the "offending" post has been removed.

Mods,

Why was this done? Below is a cut and paste of the Don'ts in the forum guidelines, which guideline was offended in this instance?

Regards,

Ian

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[btrusty]

Forum Don'ts

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i am not arguing with the mods (if they did take the message prior to my last one down)
and since there is no reference to the post existing, nor being removed, i do not know what action to preform next.

to ask why?

to ask if we can put it up again?

Was the info provided by cdodge posted in this thread? If so, it would seem that it has been removed by one of the mods. If not, please let me know where you found the info.

PM me if you wish.

Cheers,

Ian

see above, dont know if they will squelch a repeating of the information

Moderators - please elaborate if anything was explicitly done about this topic / the posting showing the code. I am not arguing with your removable of the posting in question, just asking for a scope of context to proceed further with.

Thanks,

edit: it appears that user "cdodge.73262" no longer exists
whether this is by him/herself or by the moderators i will not debate.

[sfaust]

the +1 he was talking about was rep points I believe, not something to do with the hack.

[btrusty]

So can someone let us all in on where "oh +1 indeed" needs to go

the +1 was a reference to the "rep" on the site (the little green/red curved edge squares under your name / avatar to the left)

if a mod replies back to the topic saying that it is ok to "repost" the important information for how to do it, i will

until then, in case there are any legal ramifications that could be rectified upon myself.

[aaronrumple]

I'm sure the post constitutes some breach of the DMCA. Reverse enginering of a *.txt file using an unapproved hardware like your bio-optical system - or something like that. Probably punishable by death or at least having your Kindle wiped clean.

[btrusty]

Kindle wiped clean.

+1 rep for kindle 1984 reference.

[iankids]

I'm sure the post constitutes some breach of the DMCA. Reverse enginering of a *.txt file using an unapproved hardware like your bio-optical system - or something like that. Probably punishable by death or at least having your Kindle wiped clean.

Yep. That bio-optical system will get you into trouble every time!!

Ian

[Wes Macaulay]

I think we need to look at what's going on here:

• most (70% of AUGI) users are hating the Ribbon and want to get the old UI back
• the Factory dutifully debugs whatever UI they're told to create
• the debug mode used for debug (regression) testing at the Factory is now out in the open (sort of) and everyone can see that it's easy to enable it, though it's not designed for production use.

I can recognize the issues for users and Autodesk:

• Autodesk doesn't want to bug test two UIs at this stage of the game. They have no intention of supporting the old UI for production use at this time
• users can see that the old UI is still there -- why can't they just use it?

Politically Autodesk is trying to herd us all into the Ribbon-loving camp, or at least into some sort of headspace that says The Ribbon is OK and We Know it's Not Going Away.

Well, nuts to that. The Ribbon was, for most folks, a giant leap backwards. Well now, say they fix the UI in 2011. Great! That's one year of your life where your "cheese" was fragged and moved into Phil Read's kitchen drawer, and in other locations wherever the Demonized Drunken Leprechaun decided to hide it. So you either

• skip 2010 and just use 2009 (wasting a year's subscription monies)
• cancel Subscription because 2010 makes you less productive
• use 2010 with the Ribbon and feel tired after you use it for any lengthy period of time

Ri-i-i-i-i-ight. Does anyone see a solution in here? Yeah -- it's called Give the Consumer What They Want. Give 'em the 2009 UI and say use it at your own risk. And the risks are simply that some tools might not work. If that happens, you yank the ini file out of the Program folder and life goes on.

Now of course there's always the slim chance that this ini file might cause something more devious in your Revit file. More devious than chronic eye fatigue? More chronic than macular degeneration? Right! I think people will take the risk and use the ini file to get back to the software they've loved.

And that's Revit: without the goofy multi-headed face on it. Scott Hopkins will agree. Our eyes all getting trashed by this new UI. The new UI is really tiring compared to the old one on a number of fronts.

Autodesk needs to think real hard about how much love they want to feel right about now.

So is the new UI better? Click our logo and drop the ini file into the Program folder. Restart. I'm using the new KB shortcuts afforded by the new UI so I run with the Ribbon on.

[cdatechguy]

Can see it now....

2011 Release....Fine! Have your classic GUI back.... and thats it....nothing else has changed.