LostinSpaceman opened this issue on Aug 01, 2006 · 129 posts
maclean posted Wed, 02 August 2006 at 4:58 AM
I'm not by any means a CL/EF fanboy, but in their defense I have to say that they're at least trying to push ahead with poser and it's content. They may not be getting it 100% right, but they're moving in the right direction, which is more than we were getting during the poser 5 phase.
I'm not saying broken promises are OK, or that poser is a wonderful program with no bugs. All I'm saying is that P6 is without a doubt, the most stable version so far and that e-F have done their share to improve the app and the figures. Personally, I think their problem is that they're either trying to do everything in-house, or they're hiring the wrong people to do certain things. The e-F staff should stick to working on poser, and farm out all other work (figures, etc), to professionals.
In an e-mail exchange with e-F, I suggested a list of improvements for poser, but the main one I think they should implement is a Poser Bug Tracker. This idea that they can work in secret and 'surprise' us with a shiny new program is old hat. Poser users invest heavily in their hobby, and they should be able to voice their concerns, suggestions and ideas. You only need to take a look at the Daz Studio Bug Tracker to see how software should be developed. I've seen a whole bunch of features added to DS which I asked for, not to mention fixed bugs I've reported.
I'd like to see poser move ahead, but I'd also like to have some place where I can say 'Hey! This doesn't work!'. Mailing e-F tech support is not a satisfactory solution.
mac