Quote - I have stated in these threads twice before that " Smith Micro have done themselves a disservice by releasing Poser 8 without adequate beta testing." 

NOW!!   What do we see?  an additional $80.00 program as an incentive to boost sales.

Sure others say that Poser 5 was worse than 8 Because it needed a total of five SR's.  And sure that was Curious Labs.  This is all history.

I agree with you. As much as I love Poser, this release wasn't (and still isn't) ready for prime time. I'm not sure if P5 was a worse release at all. I know it was bad, but at least the team knew how to fix the bugs. If you see the number of different issues reported with P8 and then look at how a relatively small number of them was actually fixed in SR1, I'm not sure which release was worse. Add to that the fact that SR1 has caused a number of new bugs, that seem to be unrelated to the things they've fixed. Who knows how much SR's SM will need to get P8 stable? Although the number of SR's aren't showing if something is worse or better. It will be shown in the end result.

In the end P5 was stable, will P8 be stable in the end or will SM follow the policy that a lot of bugger companies do follow...... if you can't fix it, ignore it. We've already had reports of SM 'loosing' bug reports, I wouldn't be surprised if that's the policy SM will adopt. After all all these hours of support do cost money. Money that SM could save if they would expand (or train) the Poser beta team.

Come to think of it..... instead of me paying for Poser 8, Smith Micro should pay me by now for the numerous hours spent in contact with them, testing this release. If they paid me for every word I typed in bug reports, I would be rich by now.

Quote - I purchased P8 as soon as it came out and have had sooo much fun with it. Had a few problems, but all fixed now.

I know some few have had problems with it.

Count yourself lucky! P8 is running pretty well for me now to, but only because of work arounds, some suggested by SM support, some figured out by me and suggested to SM, which I noticed SM is now telling people until things are fixed. But P8 is having a few nasty bugs, even SM has confirmed that and it's not only a few experiencing them. If you don't have them it doesn't mean they aren't there, you may not encounter them. Not all of us use Poser in the same way and use the same features. If reported a good number of bugs and all except one was confirmed by tech support. The one uncormirmed one was acknowledged, but they couldn't reproduce it, so they're looking for more input..... which seems to be a problem. Many people experience bugs, but not everyone is reporting.

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