[Podcast] What's behind the Big Change in the new MATLAB Desktop?
This just came out. @Michelle Hirsch spoke to Jousef Murad and answer his questions about the big change in the desktop in R2025a and explained what was going on behind the scene. Enjoy!
The Big MATLAB Update: Dark Mode, Cloud & the Future of Engineering - Michelle Hirsch
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Im am rather unsatisfied with all the noisy features added to matlab 2025a.
I used to work peacefully and efficiently with older versions.
A present, I spend much too much time just to find out how I could do as I did before.
And, worse, matlab2025a is unstable and has crashed totally a number of times. This never happened to me in the last 20 years or so.
TL;DR "MathWorks transitioned from Java to JavaScript to focus on a single code base for the desktop. This will improve the responsiveness to the user needs as the JavaScript technology stack opens up new opportunities in the cloud-based workflows. While the new desktop looks familiar, the behavior changed and users need to get used to it. MathWorks is welcoming feedback to improve the user experience."
In all the many years that I have been using matlab, the R2025a feels like a major, major, step down. Everything is sluggish with figures taking 30 seconds to appear. We encountered all kinds of buggy behavior in areas that used to work flawless. IMHO this was a major mistake and will further push your customers to Python. Sadly, even I am seriously considering that option.
Sorry, but I don't want to "get used to it". The product is for the user and not a "holy grail" we users are blessed to be allowed to use.
The new workflow/design seems to affect quite some users if you read the numerours threads. It would be nice to have at least the option to switch to the old format.
At some point, companies that don't respond to the needs of their users lose those users. Python has become increasingly attractive lately.
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