Hello,

About the lighting, I do agree the dark area are way to dark, it's a bit 'tiring' (is that correct ?) for the eyes.
I often use this script to switch the light direction during modeling :

script:var dir = moi.view.lightDirection; if ( dir.x == 1 && dir.y == 1 && dir.z == -1 ) { dir.set(-0.5,1,0); } else { dir.set(1,1,-1); } moi.view.lightDirection = dir;

If I get it right, moi is using some kind of 'one light' trick to lit the scene, to assure full compatibility with old gfx card and speed-up the viewport.
Maybe a more advanced lighting solution will come with the v2, with a control on the ambient, key and fill light :)