RE: ok, jetzt reichts!

["Benjamin Huber" <bhuber(at)ilm.com>]

yes! more obvious for the oblivious (like me).

 

or: photographic memory implants. ;)

 

whichever is easier to develop.

 

thanks!

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM]On Behalf Of Luc-Eric Rousseau
Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 10:56 AM
To: XSI(at)Softimage.COM
Subject: RE: ok, jetzt reichts!

We know user preferences in XSI are spread a little bit all over the place;  starting with the next version we've doing some work to make some of these more obvious. I'll see if something can be done about the migration of this particuliar one

 

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Luc-Eric Rousseau
Team Leader, User Interface
Softimage|XSI

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM]On Behalf Of Benjamin Huber
Posted At: Monday, July 18, 2005 7:53 PM
Posted To: xsi
Conversation: how to move an object based on an image
Subject: ok, jetzt reichts!

ok, ok, boring monday afternoon,

 

here's some information on how to make XSI better. based on circumstantial evidence gathered over the last 16 months:

 

every time we upgrade XSI, i, and a couple other ex-maya-ers go through the same steps:

 

-launch the all-new XSI

-try to navigate, notice that the s-key style navigation doesn't work like in the last version, with MMB pan and LMB tumble

 and BOTH track in/out (why don't these settings migrate?)

-uhm... yeah, remember... there was this custom setting. the checkbox that makes it behave like maya, but is not called

 'make navigation behave like maya' because of... whatever

-set out to search where exactly these settings would be. hmm.. no 'navigation' preferences in the prefs panel.

-hmm... let's try the 'camera' property editor. nah, nope. although, it /is/ kinda about moving the camera. but, well.

-maybe the 'transform preferences'... oh. nah.

-the 'display options' maybe - it is remotely related to display, kinda, so... but... no

-allright, let's go to the global prefs again. oh... wow! 'tools' is not expanded yet. it just /looks/ like it's expanded, because

 there's stuff underneath, but it's actually not. there's stuff hidden, just click the PLUS. duh!

-'camera' finally leads to the solution. hahaha! 'alternate mouse mapping' is what they call it. cute!

 

now, this was just 10 minutes, so it's no life-or-death situation, but yet... i've gone through it for 3.51, 4 beta, 4, 4.2 and the procedure never stuck in mind. so either i'm completely stupid and should have been fired/politely laid off a long time ago and am damn lucky to still have my job, or, something is not very intuitive here.

 

please, no hard feelings - i'm just rambling. but it had to be said. (really, otherwise i'm quite happy with XSI)

 

cheerio,

 

-ben

 

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