![]() ![]() I hope that Avid will have the wisdom to realize the cause of their success, which is a stable predictable user-interface with FEW MODES, and NO TOGGLES, which enables you to work LIGHTNING FAST. Avid is now a car that sometimes turns right when you steer to the left, sometimes accellerates when you hit the brakes. That is what made Avid a success, and that is what has been abandoned in this 5.0 release. It is absolutely KEY that the user-interface is predictable. But especially with the Smart Tools, the Avid user-interface has become so unpredictable that I spend probably 10% of my work-day cleaning up after Avid, resetting tools. ![]() I need to know what will happen when I click a button or push a key. I have bought QuicKeys in order to remove a lot of these so-called features, so that when I Paste in the timeline, I actually run a macro that resets the mode so that I ALWAYS, ALWAYS get an Insert. This is supposedly based on some context, but since you're mainly thinking about your next step and not your last, you really don't know which mode you're in. I no longer know if I'm in Insert or Overwrite, I do Copy/Paste all the time, and now it's completely random and a total surprise if it will result in an overwrite or an insert. Now you have made the IMO highly misguided choice of adopting everything that makes FCP an unstable user-interface. You always knew whether you were in Insert, Overwrite, Snap, Trim, this or that, and it was FULLY PREDICTABLE what would happen when you pressed a button. The beauty of Avid for all eternity and until you released this 5.0 version, was that you always knew in ABSOLUTE TERMS where the user-interface was at. Am I in insert mode? Darn, I was in overwrite, did I ruin anything? This results in the following thinking when you use the software: Am I in snap mode? Oh, no I'm not, let me toggle it, no wait I already was, now I disabled it, let me enable it again. Add to that that all modes are *toggles*, and it becomes completely impossible to ever truly *feel* where the user-interface is. Having just spent a year in hell working on an FCP show, the primary flaw with FCP as I see it is overload of modes. I'd like to offer a GUI-theory to why the Smart Tool, and all the context-sensitiveness is bad: ![]() This test returns the level to factory accuracy for all 360°.Īll this is completed in less than 2 minutes.I'm also incredibly frustrated with the Smart Tool, and would like to be able to disable it permanently. With one push of the button, the level takes over the calibration process, with an audible beep indicating when the next move is ready. The new guided calibration of the Smart Tool Pro is the industry’s most comprehensive field calibration. The backlit display is now easier to read in dim to near no light conditions. The new front cover digital display and keypad design now features larger, recessed and easier to read buttons for better operation and less accidental pushing of the wrong button. The certified IP65 design means the levels can be hosed off after concrete or muddy jobs. The new Pro Smart Tools are now IP65 water and dustproof, which enables them to be used in inclement weather conditions where the previous models would have struggled. Promotions, Clearance & End of Line Stocksīuilt on the back of 2,500,000 million of original Smart Tools old, the new Generation 3 Pro Smart Tools bring new features and functionality to the market.Underground & Geotechnical Inspection & Location.Moisture, Climate & Inspection Equipment.GPS/Radio, Robotic Mounts, Brackets and Claws.Safety Equipment, Gas Detectors & Sound Meters.
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