Quote - Quick question about writing the SM CS team: would it do anything?  I know for a number of companies working with CS is a herculian effort just to get noticed, much less get something done.

Anyways, at the least P8 will need:
-Better lighting (glowing objects without gather, area lighting, gamma correction, etc)
-A better rigging system
-To stop hanging everytime I try to do anything
-A little faster rendering
-Less crashing or file corruption
-Hair room improvements
-Cloth room improvements

Just wanted to let you know that they do listen. I offered a solution a couple of days ago which would address all your (and my) issues mentioned. They responded within a couple of hours promising to pass it on to the software engineers. I am still willing to give them the benefit of the doubt. Now as to whether they will do something about it remains to be seen, but willing to hold on to that faint glimmer of hope i guess :)