# Benefits of the classic UI and use cases for classic over JupyterLab (Was: Why is Tim not moving to lab?)

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**Created:** [October 16, 2019, 6:26am UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/benefits-of-the-classic-ui-and-use-cases-for-classic-over-jupyterlab-was-why-is-tim-not-moving-to-lab/2419 "2019-10-16T06:26:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![jtp](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/discourse.jupyter.org/jtp/32/19100_2.png) [@jtp](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/jtp)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2021, 10:53am UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/benefits-of-the-classic-ui-and-use-cases-for-classic-over-jupyterlab-was-why-is-tim-not-moving-to-lab/2419/18 "2021-03-29T10:53:41Z")

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Thanks @PepeMandioca for the feedback 👍

> [@PepeMandioca](#):
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> This year we’ll be switching students to JupyterLab Classic and hopefully they’ll be able to transition to JupyterLab in the future if they feel like it.

Glad to hear. Don’t hesitate to open new issues on the repo if you have more feedback about JupyterLab Classic!

> [@PepeMandioca](#):
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> bundle it with JuypterLab and make it the default for creating new notebooks.

There has been some discussion around this topic in this issue, which includes screenshots of what it would look like to add the JupyterLab Classic feel to the JupyterLab Simple Mode:

> <https://github.com/jupyterlab/jupyterlab/issues/9869>
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> This is a placeholder issue for JupyterLab 4.0's coverage of some of the differe…nt user experiences that the official Jupyter front-ends offer our users.
> 
> \### Problem
> We currently offer:
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> \- The classic Jupyter Notebook
> \- \`nbclassic\`
> \- JupyterLab default mode
> \- JupyterLab simple mode
> \- \`retrolab\`
> 
> \### Proposed Solution
> We should build into the JupyterLab 4.0 roadmap a set of front-end offerings that covers the user experience aspects of the Classic Notebook (also \`nbclassic\` and \`jupyterlab-classic\`) that meet our users' needs, including:
> 
> \- the \`jupyter ...\` commands that they invoke
> \- the \`pip install jupyter...\` commands they need to run to install them
> \- the extension installation experience (which front-ends am I installing this extension for, etc.)
> 
> cc: @Zsailer @jtpio @ellisonbg

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