Tim, I am an animator. I animate "from scratch". No "walk designer" No coddling. No stick the body on the path and let the feet fall where some number-crunching machine tells them to fall. I've been in the computer games industry for 15 years starting with Kings Quest 4, moving through various adventure and rpg and puzzle games and then out onto the Internet... where the last 4 years' work has all vanished into pixel dust with the dotcom melt-down. Sigh. I've written articles in the professional tradezines protesting the stupidity and ignorance of those who mistake kinesmatics for animation, and then demonstrating what is necessary to bring a character to life. Numbers don't breathe personality into a figure. Computers can't animate. If you find that the Walk Designer is a crutch which slips in your grasp, why don't you throw the crutch away and rely instead upon your own talent and eye for movement? As for the rest of your complaints? Some of us LIKE the interface. Most of us are tired of your bitching in any case. Carolly