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I have to say, although *I* do not care about the GUI, it IS areal turnaoo for a lot of my jazz students. You know, they are young folks, I guess the older ones like me (I`m 39, LOL) can live with that, but the youngsters are used so much to the hip styles of Apple and Co.



Discussion about the GUI usually ends up with the BIAB gurus saying basically "it's a great program so just hunker down and learn it" Mastering the GUI has become a right of passage. I'm a long term user and like everyone else I have learned to use the program inspite of the GUI. However the comment quoted above is the key to PG's long term success. Unfortunately, it's not just how good the program is that matters in the long run, but how up-to-date it looks.

PG are lucky in that there is no immediate competitor to BIAB. When another program appears (and it certainly will) that has a similar functionality you can bet it will have a much sharper GUI than BIAB and PG's sales will drop drastically. You just have to look at Apple's success to see how today's public value a "hip style" It may be a daunting task but I hope PG are already working on a completely new GUI, not just minor adjustments of the existing.

Tony