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May 14, 2013 - 18:29 pm
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I'm new to ProjectLibre from OpenProj which no longer seems to be working. I'm glad to see it now opens .pod files, but the new the interface is a let down. Almost a quarter of the screen is taken up with logo's and toolbar items which are either totally unnecessary (Logos) or easily available from the keyboard. On a big project this waste of space becomes a problem. Even for those who prefer to use toolbars, OpenProj had no fewer toolbar button, but managed to arrange them in a much more effic

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May 15, 2013 - 10:13 am

Hey there, thank you for the comments.... it is contractual to have the logo's that way. It is unfortunate and we are completely rewriting ProjectLibre from scratch to avoid the issues with the old license of OpenProj.   That will be gone late this Summer.  It would be great if you can give feedback with the new version!  We want to make it better....

 

Cheers,

 

Marc

May 16, 2013 - 04:15 am

I think the bare minimum of configuration that should be included are; The ability to show/hide toolbars, the ability to customise task bar colours and labels and the ability to configure the way dates are displayed. On a related note, it would also make the program more user friendly if you could scroll or drag the gantt chart with the mouse and zoom with the mouse wheel. It would make managing large projects easier