The problem is that any such program would be Poser 8 in name only. A complete re-write means a completely new program, and a completely new set of bugs... oops, I mean "issues".

It's not just that writing software is hard - it's that TESTING software is hard, and approaches impossibility for something as complex as Poser. How many bugs do you encounter in MS Paint? Not too many, but then what can you do with it? Poser's user base not only stretches the limits of what the software can do, they are constantly hacking at every piece of the software to make it do things that could never be anticipated (therefore tested) by the developer. This situation is not unique to Poser - it affects software generally, from simple programs to apps costing thousands of dollars. Even open source software is hardly bug-free, it's just that he bugs (theoretically) get found and fixed more quickly.

That new application at N-Sided (Quidam) should be an interesting experiment in what Poser would look like if written completely from scratch. It's essentially a Poser work-alike. But they have no backwards-compatibility to worry about, no user base who has invested thousands of $$$ in existing content, plus they have the benefits of all the other work that has been done in the field in recent years. DAZ studio could be considered another such experiment, although backwards compatibility with DAZ's own technology was also a goal for that app.

Note that neither application has the feature set that Poser has, at least currently. Adding a scripting engine to an app can increase the complexity of the project exponentially.

• Jimdoria .^.

Message edited on: 01/10/2006 11:30

• Jimdoria  ~@>@