Poser used to have sliders back in Poser 1 and 2. (I didn't buy 3) Then Poser started listening to Kai Kraus and just F**** up everything! I originally thought they stole the idea from Bryce.

Not stolen. It was all Kai Krause design, when he was working with Meta Creation in1999. Kai Krause designed the UI for Poser, Bryce and Ray Dream- later Carrara.

I've always hated it. Terrible UI. Especially at that time, when UIs like that had the potential to slow down your computer.