It's been nearly ten years since MATLAB began to transition from Java to Javascript graphics. Is there any roadmap for when this transition will be complete? Long ago I was told that the final product would be seemless, i.e. traditional graphic commands would invoke Javascript yet otherwise function like the legacy Java version. Despite many improvements in the new system, the two are still quite different. The difference is most obvious on Mac systems, where uifigures are clearly handled separately from figures. I have stayed with traditional figures for most of this period, waiting for the Javascript alternative to mature, but this is no longer viable due to frequent crashes (as described here). Recent experence suggests that uifigures are almost ready for general use, but there are a number of missing features. For me, the big ones are limited export options (e.g., improper size scaling for PDF) and the lack of an Extent property; the latter helps size items based on the text held inside them. If I had those features, I could justify the time investment in switching over to uifigures full time. There are also a lot of undocumented things, such as the fact that classic uicontrols can go inside Javascript uifigures, even though the formal documentation says otherwise. I wish Mathworks would be more forthright about this substantial change, focusing less on Live Editor and App Designer updates in each release.
