A native cocoa Mac GUI? Really?

Yes, its true. EnSight CFD 2.0 and beyond will have a native Mac GUI. No more X11, a smoother, faster, more natural feeling.

There is actually two kinds of EnSight CFD 2.0 for the Mac.

Type 1: X11. If you are starting in EnSight's Classic GUI (which includes Lite, Standard, Gold, DR) and you switch to the EnSight CFD GUI you are still going to be in X11 and all that that entails. This version is good for those who want to be able to switch back and forth from EnSight CFD to Classic EnSight. Good for people who have been using Classic EnSight for awhile, maybe have created custom python tools they want to retain access to.

Type 2: Cocoa. If you start EnSight CFD on the Mac directly (not from within EnSight Classic) then you are going to get all the native Cocoa Mac goodness.

If we didn't do it this way, Mac users of Classic wouldn't be able to switch from Classic to CFD and back again. Or we wouldn't have a Mac native cocoa application.

So, start from the dock or Launchpad or whatever directly to EnSight CFD if you want to go native and feel more natural. If you like things rough and X11-ish, start from Classic.

EnSight CFD 2.0 countdown!

EnSight CFD 2.0 is right around the corner. Expect something January 25, 2010.

Some highlights:

- free version for small models!

- native cocoa Mac gui

- more features

We'll be posting about all of these in future posts.