I have been expecting since August that the awful front page would change. To me it seemed obvious that it was an amateurish mishmash right from the get-go. It is so bad I figured it was a temporary work-in-progress placeholder and I am surprised that serious discussion is only taking place now in December.

Regarding Google Rankings, a site like this can probably take them with a grain of salt. You can use the directionality of how good Google ranks changes but you probably don't have to worry about the absolute measure.

This is a specialty market with a lot of growth potential, It is not a general commodity market such as Google addresses. If you look for Poser or Daz or 3D models, Renderosity will come up as a leader. Then you address your users and potential users making sure not to ailenate your market while trying to expand.

The front page and the "new" renderosity approach since August makes me think of a Jackson Pollock painting done without talent. It's more of a brute force assault on the senses rather than quality geared towards making visitors (me) want to see more.

And perhaps that's the way I would look at the changes if I were the project manager: Do they make a customer want to see more or are they just an assault on the senses?

It's not technology. Its fundamentals.

Maybe get some recent graduates of RISD (Rhode Island School of Design) to offer opinions on your layout if you don't trust your customers and vendors?

Sorry guys. I'm just not enjoying browsing or coming to your site as much as I used to.

Thanks, Male_M3dia, on the permanent activation score. I guess I'll have to wait. My Game Developer for PPro2014 is going to be killed again shortly and I'm going to have to go through the rig-a-ma-roll to keep it going. I only want to go through that once with PPro11. And I want a good look ahead on what is in store for me with the Libraries situation.

I try to buy the physical versions because (a) I don't have to download and port over and (b) because If I get attached to a software (a stable version and stable machine that it runs on efficiently), or if the company management changes (Mirye Shade) I can pull out a labeled box along with its archived SRs in the event of an HD crash and restore it cleanly. Many times companies can go years without making a meaningful update for things I am interested in, unless I need to upgrade for professional reasons. In the case with Poser and multiple runtime libraries having a known means for backup that works with Poser files I have created is all the more important otherwise things get convoluted real quickly.

Also, Hard copy issues often come with some hardcopy documentation that I would otherwise have to archive or create. I just like having the pictures and the professional labeling. I'm a simpleton in that regard.

Any word on what level of Windows 7 is required?

I bought the physical version because I wanted the perpetual key. That nonsense with going from a secure standalone machine to an internet machine while having to keep the standalone machine 'on' and then back again with a two month or three month or six month key just to keep one program (Poser) operational was really stupid. I would not have bought Poser 11 Pro if it did not have the perpetual key, and will not install it until I know it doesn't have an unexpected Smith Micro 'Kill Switch.' Especially with all the Library problems I'm hearing about. I, too, stopped updating Win 7 once I got it stable, and dread having to go back to the web and update it for Smith Micro.

Has anybody answered the MistyLaraPrincess question above about the perpetual key?

What is the minimum version of Windows 7 that I need?

Sorry if it's been answered in this thread already.

Thank you.

Oops. Looks like someone else reported this too but there is no response. Is anybody reading this thread?

"Trending Posts Woefully out of Date" BUG

When I go to the deals Page there is a column to the right that says, "Trending Posts." When I click on the items of interest to me there I get sales from as far back as September, long ago expired. I guess this should be logged as a bug report, as I don't think it's right to have long ago expired deals coming up on the deals page.