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As of March 2015, there is heavy activity towards a new {{Abbr|UI|User Interface}}. There will be the HTML5/browser-based version (called [[Phi]]), TorstenD is currently working on, which will only be available after FlightGear has finished booting and initializing because it is a conventional FlightGear subsystem, as well as an internal implementation based on well supported libraries using Qt5 (which James Turner is working on), which will only be available during startup, and won't be running/available later on in its current form (i.e. at run-time), the latter having a strong focus on startup-relevant settings, while the former will only be able to deal with run-time settings. | |||
The parallel development of HTML and Qt based UI happens by intention and is not the result of missing coordination<ref>http://forum.flightgear.org/viewtopic.php?p=229445#p229445</ref>. Most likely, both will use a common service layer to provide necessary data<ref>http://forum.flightgear.org/viewtopic.php?p=229303#p229303</ref>. | The parallel development of HTML and Qt based UI happens by intention and is not the result of missing coordination<ref>http://forum.flightgear.org/viewtopic.php?p=229445#p229445</ref>. Most likely, both will use a common service layer to provide necessary data<ref>http://forum.flightgear.org/viewtopic.php?p=229303#p229303</ref>. | ||