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Oracle Fusion gets new skin

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, goes a saying.

If so, Oracle Corp. has flattered Apple Inc.’s often-praised software interfaces by borrowing an idea or two for its Fusion Applications release 8.

Oracle said the new skin has a “fresh, lighter weight and cleaner appearance … think iOS7.”

You at least have to give Oracle points for honesty.

Changes described by the company’s Richard Bingham in a blog include light and/or white color themes, with colour used sparingly.  Background images have also been done away with in to make the interface seem lighter, he added. That also helps users customize the UI because the new interface leverages CSS3 style sheets.

For example, he wrote, in previous versions of Fusion’s skin, called FX-simple, to change text colors across the entire application an administrator would have to set the property for each ADF component. With the new skin — dubbed Skyros — this is included in the stylesheet.

Generally speaking skin customization still requires a certain amount of back-end system access, Bingham added. This will change Fusion release 9, which will have a browser-based skin editor.

Fusion Applications is a product suite that integrates the capabilities of Oracle’s PeopleSoft, JD Edwards, BEA and Seibel acquisitions.

Howard Solomon
Howard Solomon
Currently a freelance writer, I'm the former editor of ITWorldCanada.com and Computing Canada. An IT journalist since 1997, I've written for several of ITWC's sister publications including ITBusiness.ca and Computer Dealer News. Before that I was a staff reporter at the Calgary Herald and the Brampton (Ont.) Daily Times. I can be reached at hsolomon [@] soloreporter.com

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