So what do we have planned for XAF in this release? It all starts with the web...
As you can tell from the images below, we decided to change direction from our previous Web UI prototypes based on the Moderno theme (check here) and instead we've started implementing a brand new concept created by our UI designers. The result is an overhauled ASP.NET WebForms theme for XAF Web apps (it’s not available for our ASP.NET controls at present time), new webpage templates and associated optimizations for touch screen devices. All of this should make accessing XAF web sites from both desktop and tablet browsers more intuitive for your end-users (I hope to talk about smartphones separately later this year).
In the upcoming release we wanted to share a preview (CTP) of our work to date so you can understand where we are heading. We hope to finalize all that we have planned with regard to look & feel, general UX, application flow and behavior by 15.2. It is likely that there will be more updates on this new web theme in the coming months.
At this time, we want to get your feedback and hear your thoughts. We want to work with you to create the best possible solution so you can build apps that address the widest possible use-cases going forward.
Here is a short video that demonstrates our responsive layout in action...so you can get a better sense of how an XAF web application adapts itself as browser width or orientation changes.
Our XCRM demo will use the new style by default. To learn more on how to enable this theme in your existing apps and see how it works for yourself and provide feedback/report issues, refer to this knowledge base article.