I am  cynical pessimistic critic. I don't tap dance, I don't have the vocabulary to mince words, I call it like I see it. If I'm wrong tell me, show me I'm wrong, I'll certainly admit to it; I am often enough :lol: But I cut DAZ no slack. If an issue remains unacknowledged, I will harp on it.

The squeaky wheel gets greased? No the squeaky wheek gets tha axle fixed that is causing it to squeak, grease just hids the issue. 

Now I will admit to being one of the biggest mud slingers on; well not at the moment, the DAZ forum. But I don't sling any mud DAZ doesn't give me. And yes I paint DAZ with a big black brush, but it only takes one coat. ;)

I did the DS4 beta, I liked it and the auto fit. Genesis was fun to work with because it gave me viable teens; something I found lacking in the mil 4 figures. Then DS4 was released and the hoopla started.

I like the new interface, I forget what I have it set to but it is reasonably clean and easy to navigate. Much easier for me the DS3's is. Yes, is, I don't use DS4. It would simply cost me too much to upgrade DS4 to replace DS3 in my work flow. And collada to carrara is borked anyway; could be carrara but I don't have anything else that opens collada to find out. 

Despite that, and as much as I'd like to recomend DS4 and genesis I can't. DS4A, yes, because genesis really needs the autofit, despite it's few bugs.

I don't use studio much, it's simply a cog in my carrara machine. I do read the forums, a  lot and preiodically through out the day. The most often posted subject is, of coarse "where is my content". Well for one, it isn't in your content folder. :D But the complexity to get your content in the righ tplace and usable in studio is it's number one problem; in my opinon. And the answer isn't to make the prosess more complex and confusing.

Come on folks, DAZ didn't push DS4 and genesis out the door early for any other reason then that is the way DAZ does it. I mean really, when hasn't DAZ pushed an app out the door before it was ready.  :lol:

 

Now for the flip.

Several of the DAZ mods are what I consider online freinds. I like most all the folk I talk with at DAZ. They are all good people. That is why I know DAZ; as a company, can do much better. And I will ride DAZ till it is. ;)