You know that every time a  new version of Poser is released the threads fill with people trashing it.  So I'm not surprised that its happening again.

For what it's worth the download was flawless, the install easy after I read through it all and applied the included patch file.

On line registration actually worked this time!

Load time is significantly faster on Vista 64. 

There wlll be endless arguments about this but I like the new interface it's clean, simple and fast.  The new library management system is a dream come true, AFAIC.

I've done a couple of small renders and they've rendered faster than Poser Pro ever did and I swear by Poser Pro.

The program feels and is lighter and faster.  My guess is that a significant portion of the UI was either rewitten or cleaned up to improve execution times because the old UI was starting to suffer from old-patched-code-itis.

I git GI to work, even if not quite how I'd want it to but that's more   I suspect PBAK as much as anything.

Since the release of P5 there's been the feeling on these forums that every new version of Poser will be a mess and after a while it becomes a self fulfulling prophecy.  Are there bugs I haven't tripped on, sure.   But bugs are a reality of software it's what SmithMicro does about them that's important.

The suspicion lingers after the P5 debacle where we were told there weren't serious problems until they finally had to fess up that the publisher, whoever it is, will hide things.

This release just feels better, not perfect by any means but not all that bad either.  And I'm sure I'll run into some serious problems as I get deeper into it.  I'm just taking it easy right now while I get used to the interface and new features.

I certainly have higher hopes for this one than I've had for previous releases.  With luck it will live up to most of them.

ttfn

John