After trying blender for about 20 years I still find the UI/UX awful. I think a lot of the new blender generation has baby duck syndrome.

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mejutoco an hour ago | parent | next [-]

Blender had a very different ui before and a big redesign, so most people have different opinions between the old and the new design. It sounds like you find all of them awful. I find that surprising and wonder what 3d program you find have good ui.

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archerx an hour ago | parent [-]

I have used every version of blender and it has always felt harder than it should.

I have used 3Ds max, maya, lightwave, cinema4D, milkshape, wings, Houdini, unreal engine 1 - 5, Hammer, Threejs editor and probably more. The Blender UI is worse than all of the above.

	▲	bacheaul 33 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		The question was which one do you think has a good UI... I'd be keen to know your opinion on this as well, what you think the current high water mark is in 3D design software UI is, or do you think they all suck, but Blender just sucks the most?

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sehugg an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Apparently there is a crowd still using 2.79b, the last version with the old UI (current LTS is 5.2)

My baby duck fingers could probably pick up LightWave 3D again in an hour or two. I could never gel with Blender.

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cl3misch 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

First time I hear "baby duck syndrome".

> Baby duck syndrome is a cognitive bias where people automatically prefer the first system, interface, or product they learn to use, judging all later versions or alternatives by how well they match that initial experience.

That's actually extremely common in scientific (GUI) software. And in any professional setting I guess.

	▲	fc417fc802 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		> That's actually extremely common in scientific (GUI) software. And in any professional setting I guess. I don't think that qualifies. There's an important distinction to be made between an aesthetic preference versus a professional not appreciating a tool being mucked with. Anything that interferes with my workflow without immediately providing substantial benefit is something that's actively harmful. In fact even if it does hypothetically provide huge benefits I still might not want to deal with it right this second.