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Unfortunately, we (in the UK) have only ourselves to blame for this. So intent are we on embracing the 'Blame & Claim' culture that all commonsense has had to be legislated against. It wouldn't be quite so ridiculous were this legislation set in place to protect the user/employer/village hall/employee - indeed that would be nothing but laudable. But it's all directed at protecting the Insurance Companies against any possibility of a claim. Any possible benefit to end-users has been little more than a mere side-effect. There used to be a truism to the effect that "Rules are for the guidance of wise men and the obedience of fools" - if so, why do we seem so blessed with such an over-abundance of fools? More to the point; do the fools themselves come with safety certification. That would be an equable solution; you prove that your equipment is safe and they do likewise. Or is that too much like commonsense? "It wasn't me. A big boy did it and ran away."

Given that Microsoft and Adobe (among many other mainstream players) twiddle with the GUI extensively, I personally have (and never have had) no problem with the configuration of the 'Create' menu in v5.6.0. However, it appears that others find it problematical despite the fact that one very shortly becomes accustomed to the positions of one's 'favourite' options. My vote would therefore go with Igor's own suggestion earlier today (ie two posts up from this one). Clean, simple, logical and practical. My general feeling is that this discussion is peripheral. There are elements which one person uses habitually which another may never, ever use (eg. for me, Vimeo output is neither use nor ornament but that doesn't make it's inclusion wrong globally). The danger is, I feel, that by trying to accommodate all requirements we could end up with a bloated (aka slow, unreliable, clunky, unusable) programme which would please nobody. Anyone who was looked at Pro Show Gold, let alone Producer, in terms of bloat will know instantly what I mean. There are other areas than the one under discussion which I feel are far more important. Others may differ. At present, we can all work with what is available so why make us all learn again? It may be possible to programme a configurable desktop (as in Photoshop) so each could tailor the interface to their own requirements - but would it improve the quality of output one little bit? It would certainly provide more coding work but to negligible end-user advantage. (Long time watcher, very rare contributor)

Hi folks Yes, I'm the other English guy RoyW was talking about. Beta 8A newly downloaded this morning, sat for 1½ hours while a 4' 54" show rendered and then got word for word the same message as Roy. Pro Show Gold doesn't give that problem (it just gives vastly inferior quality images instead) which is why I want PTE to stay my programme of choice. Looking forward to developments Best Regards Phil