Thanks for the book recommendation, I'll have to check it out.
I started using Blender as my first major 3d modeler so I was learning from scratch. While the UI can be daunting even for a person who's never done much modeling, once you learn it, it really is fast and just plan nice. Same with vi. The first time I used vi I had to reboot my computer because I didn't know how to exit it and I was in a basic CLI. However, I put some effort into it and learned the basics like saving and inserting text. Now it is my editor of choice. When I'm coding I have a difficult time using basic editors because I can't more around as fast and generally have to take my hands off the keyboard just to do a simple word replace. It's extremely painful to use Notepad++ or gedit.
I am extremely happy with the way Blender works. I am not a pro at modeling but I can do a decent job. Making Blender easier to operate would be helpful but not necessary.
Yes, it won't solve any problems in the long run, but right now Microsoft is being unchecked. There is no other big guy in the OS market that provides the software that Windows does (more so games). If Microsoft actually had to compete with another OS in this respect then the end user wouldn't get the shaft.
Really, there is no long term solution to this problem. I guess that's the problem with capitalism.
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Thanks for the book recommendation, I'll have to check it out.
I started using Blender as my first major 3d modeler so I was learning from scratch. While the UI can be daunting even for a person who's never done much modeling, once you learn it, it really is fast and just plan nice. Same with vi. The first time I used vi I had to reboot my computer because I didn't know how to exit it and I was in a basic CLI. However, I put some effort into it and learned the basics like saving and inserting text. Now it is my editor of choice. When I'm coding I have a difficult time using basic editors because I can't more around as fast and generally have to take my hands off the keyboard just to do a simple word replace. It's extremely painful to use Notepad++ or gedit.
I am extremely happy with the way Blender works. I am not a pro at modeling but I can do a decent job. Making Blender easier to operate would be helpful but not necessary.
JetAudio X5 plays flac and wav files and from what I've heard it has pretty good sound output.
Yes, it won't solve any problems in the long run, but right now Microsoft is being unchecked. There is no other big guy in the OS market that provides the software that Windows does (more so games). If Microsoft actually had to compete with another OS in this respect then the end user wouldn't get the shaft. Really, there is no long term solution to this problem. I guess that's the problem with capitalism.