Matlab 2014b 〈480p〉

Before 2014b, we had subplot . And subplot was fine ... until it wasn't. Want to add a colorbar that spans three subplots? Good luck. Want to remove a subplot without leaving a weird, empty hole? Impossible. Want consistent spacing that doesn't look like a ransom note? You had to manually calculate 'Position' vectors.

Veteran command-line users hated it. It consumed vertical screen real estate. It felt like Microsoft Office's invasion of a mathematical sanctuary.

Do you still have a R2014b license file tucked away on an external HDD? Or are you forced to use it for a legacy Simulink model? Let me know in the comments below.

It wasn't perfect. The ribbon was annoying, and the documentation was slow. But for one brief moment in 2014, MATLAB finally looked and felt like a professional 21st-century tool. And we are still reaping those benefits today.

R2014b introduced (Handle Graphics 2).

MATLAB R2014b, released in the autumn of 2014, was the latter.