Heh.

Actually, I would be satisfied if we could set up an animation 'room' without having to jump through hoops to get it. Or maybe more accurately, being able to create one to three 'rooms' or tabs that we could save as a custom arrangement; that way the defaults would be left as is, but those who want or need a unique UI layout for their workflow would be able to create it (being able to span monitors with such an arrangement with a toggled command would be nice, too).

Also, keep in mind that the usefulness of -any- flavor of Python is going to depend on just how much of the API is exposed for access. There was a lot of joy in mudville when Vue Infinite included WxPython, but dreams of dynamics and physics and whatnot came crashing down as some basic functions in the app were still sealed away. If they hadn't been, I feel safe in saying that -someone- would have built that particle based weather system for Vue by now! Poser has exposed a lot more of the core, but there are still a lot of things left. On the other hand, maybe the Python guru's can come up with a smoother, friendlier version of a fluid dynamics system....one that could output the resulting metablobs as mesh.  Pair that with a matching Python importer/render controller, and you =could= have import into something with a better environment/lighting system, like Vue  Inf.

Of course, if they =do= solve the issues with content management to mosts satisfaction, maybe we'll start to see more work on things the fewer have asked for. A lot of hair issues can be solved with low poly proxies (the same with cloth). If they multithread the dynamics next go around, though, that would really speed up the simulations; maybe enough for the impatient crowd to get interested. Probably too much to hope for some form of  soft body dynamics, but....... 8D