I normally scream at nonstandard interfaces, but Bryce is a big exception. One thing that people who don't bother to learn it don't understand is that the edit controls allow you to manipulate the objects WITHOUT touching the scene. How many times in other programs have I gone to rotate one thing and ended up messing something else. Besides which with the default scene angle, the controls direction match the direction objects move in the scene. You don't even have to think about x,y,z right away when you're first starting out. The controls are there for a reason..and a damn good one. No other 3D program I've ever tried is as easy to use.