renderdog2000 opened this issue on May 11, 2008 · 26 posts
obm890 posted Mon, 12 May 2008 at 4:49 AM
Quote - I doubt they will change the UI anytime soon. Too many people have been using it for years and will scream bloody murder if they touch it.
That's the thing. How long does it take to get used to a new interface - a few days? As soon as you move between several 3D applications on a regular basis you become more flexible and more able to accommodate the differences between them. When you're fluent in several applications it may take an hour or two to really settle in after switching from one to another and conflicting keyboard shortcuts will probably catch you out from time to time, but moving from one well-designed interface to another well-designed interface really isn't a big deal.
I think the only people who will resist any change to the interface are those whose whole 3D world is Poser, those who use only Poser, no other 3D, rendering or modeling software. Surely Poser Pro, with its fancy exporters, isn't aimed at them? I would say that all 'professional' users and a great many hobby users routinely switch between different 3D programs and for them a new, efficient, well-designed and customizable interface for Poser Pro would mean far more than the current clunky-but-familiar one.
And there's always Poser 7 if you don't like Pro, can't justify the outlay or can't cope with a change.