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User Experience Options

With InfoConnect Desktop, you can choose from various user interface modes: Ribbon, Browser, Classic MDI, or TouchUx.

The Ribbon

Ribbon mode shares the look-and-feel of modern Microsoft Windows and Office products. You access InfoConnect's features and settings through the Ribbon's expansive graphical interface.

By default, InfoConnect opens in the Ribbon.

The Ribbon user-interface mode

Classic MDI

The Classic MDI mode is similar to the familiar interface you expect from older Windows applications with traditional menus and toolbars. With this option, each session document opens in a separate window within the workspace.

The Browser

Browser mode takes a minimalist approach, like many of the latest Web browser interfaces. In the InfoConnect Browser mode, you access features and settings from the InfoConnect menu.

The Browser user-interface mode

TouchUx

TouchUx mode is consistent with native touch applications for iOS, Android, and Windows and enhances the emulation experience from a mobile device.

You can interact with any enterprise host application with the same level of functionality, usability, and access that you have on a desktop. Complete keyboard functionality is provided and data entry is optimized for smaller screen sizes.

You can use InfoConnect natively on Windows tablet devices. You can also use it on Android and iPad devices by running in a Citrix environment.

To switch interfaces, do the following:

  1. On the InfoConnect File menu, choose InfoConnect Workspace Settings.

  2. Under Workspace Settings, click Configure User Interface. In the User interface mode list, choose a different mode, and click OK.

  3. Close the InfoConnect Workspace, and then reopen it to see the change.

If you try out Classic or TouchUx mode, you'll want to switch back to Ribbon mode to match the instructions provided as you continue the evaluation.

Many users prefer the full screen view in InfoConnect. In the bottom right-hand corner of the workspace is a screen icon that you can click to switch between Full Screen and Normal views. When you switch to Full Screen view in the Ribbon mode, the Ribbon is minimized. To restore the Ribbon, double-click a Ribbon tab.

You can open multiple terminal sessions and Web pages. Each opens in its own tab in the workspace. If you prefer to view your session documents side-by-side instead of in tabs, you can choose the tiled display

Layouts

If you regularly work with several sessions open at the same time, you can save them all, together with any Web pages, as a layout.

To create a layout

  • On the InfoConnect File menu, choose Save Layout.

When you open a layout, InfoConnect opens all the documents you had open when you saved the layout, connects configured sessions, and restores your workspace to the same size and location as when you saved it.

You can open as many terminal sessions and Web pages as your computer's resources support. Each opens in its own tab in the workspace. If you prefer to view your sessions side-by-side, display your session documents in windows instead of tabs.

Sessions displayed using full screen view and tiled windows