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The top-of-view Advantage ribbon has been relocated to a left-side navigation (still referred to as a “ribbon”). This is more consistent with the approach taken by other current software packages and should feel more familiar to users. In addition, an auto-collapse feature (pin/unpin) for the side ribbon frees up vertical space across the page, reducing the user’s need to scroll.
As you open successive Advantage views, the system preserves these as tabs across the top of your session. You can then easily move back and forth between recently used views.
You can mark views as “Favorites,” which saves them to a group on the ribbon for quick access.
Changes to theming options have increased the opportunities for text contrast on the screen, leading to overall improved readability. This includes an optional “dark mode” for maximum contrast effect.
Numerous changes and improvements have been made to the layout and spacing. The goal was to reduce…and if possible, eliminate…the user’s need to scroll horizontally within the application.
When you access the application, it will open in your default browser. As of this writing, Microsoft Edge and Google Chrome are supported for the Advantage web UI. Support for additional browsers is planned for a future date. A representative Advantage web UI view:
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You can pin/unpin the ribbon via the icon (as well as collapse/expand the display of the individual ribbon groups). Unpinning the ribbon frees up additional space across the page, which expands the display space available and reduces the amount of horizontal scrolling required of the user---or, depending on your display, eliminates this need altogether.
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The “Menus” distinction no longer exists.
The distinction between large and small icons has been removed.
“Recent Views” Tabs
As you open successive Advantage views, the system now tracks and displays these as tabs across the top of the main display. This allows for quick navigation back and forth from view to view.
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