Hello,

I have to disagree about the icon sizing. If it was made smaller it would provide a lesser target and would become more difficult to use. Personally I think the larger icons in MoI are a benefit to faster production. How quickly I can get to the intended target and how inaccurate I can be while still executing the desired command, that is what works, and MoI does this very well IMO. I do not have a spacing problem under the icons on my screen, must be a problem with your setup. Aside from some minor alignment issues the GUI is very nice. I think the imbalance issue is there a bit, but it apparently isn't a deal breaker by any means for the target audience.

Ultimately, the company providing the product should listen to it's customer base, which MG does better than any other that I am aware of. Even if there was a glaring problem with the aesthetics of the product I'm not sure it would really effect the sales. MoI is an exceptional product in it's work flow among other things. It sounds like those knocking it do not come close to appreciating that obvious asset. Perhaps it's because they don't really produce content and/or have no experience with other applications to see how bad it can get.

That is why the vast majority of these usability and aesthetic "initiatives" end in abject failure. If I had to pick I would have to say it is because the aesthetic and usability "experts" do not use the product, nor do they even understand how the product is used by the market. If more companies followed MG's method we would have much better, more usable software.

Olio, real classy coming on and calling MG a pretentious developer of amateur software. By the way, the blue arrow bothers you but not for the reasons you stated. It is the incorrect iconic representation for the task it performs. Way to miss the forest through the trees. Keep practicing.