Tim, As a software designer, I am glad to hear your rant. Helps me keep in perspective the "little" details that will drive some users nuts [may be different for different users]. Gradually, the industry is stumbling towards a future where those who create awesome raw abilities [such as posing characters] don't have to "embed" those abilities into a single application [whose interface will likely suck - at least for many users]. Instead, many different applications will be built, mixing and matching XML-based data formats, and powerful components [such as posing characters]. (If Kaleida Labs' ScriptX had survived to maturity, we'd be ten years closer to that nirvana, but that is another story...) Hang in there, and keep ranting :-) -- ToolmakerSteve