Comments on: AutoCAD 2009 - Layer Palette and performance http://www.blog.cadnauseam.com/2008/04/10/autocad-2009-layer-palette-and-performance/ A strange mix of AutoCAD, music, image manipulation and video Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:08:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: R.K. McSwain http://www.blog.cadnauseam.com/2008/04/10/autocad-2009-layer-palette-and-performance/#comment-232 R.K. McSwain Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:06:02 +0000 http://www.blog.cadnauseam.com/?p=78#comment-232 I wonder what percentage of 2009 users (non-beta tester users) know about CLASSICLAYER and/or LAYERDLGMODE? It's not like these are highlighted in the marketing tools... For your average Joe at Company ABC who doesn't read AutoCAD blogs or websites and he/she gets 2009 dropped on their machine - that person will suffer with the poor performance. I wonder what percentage of 2009 users (non-beta tester users) know about CLASSICLAYER and/or LAYERDLGMODE?

It’s not like these are highlighted in the marketing tools… For your average Joe at Company ABC who doesn’t read AutoCAD blogs or websites and he/she gets 2009 dropped on their machine - that person will suffer with the poor performance.

]]> By: Steve Johnson http://www.blog.cadnauseam.com/2008/04/10/autocad-2009-layer-palette-and-performance/#comment-225 Steve Johnson Fri, 11 Apr 2008 23:43:57 +0000 http://www.blog.cadnauseam.com/?p=78#comment-225 Despite its problems, I think Autodesk was right to leave this particular feature in rather than remove it before release. Many users will be happy it's there and won't notice any problems with it. As long as it remains optional and the old modal interface is retained and updated in parallel, I'll be content. As for why problems aren't fixed before release, it comes down to the development cycle not being long enough. That's a problem that needs urgent attention, as I noted in this month's <a href="http://management.cadalyst.com/cadman/Column%3A++Bug+Watch/The-Ghost-of-Releases-Past-Haunts-AutoCAD-2009-Bug/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/504820?contextCategoryId=6812" rel="nofollow">Bug Watch</a>. Despite its problems, I think Autodesk was right to leave this particular feature in rather than remove it before release. Many users will be happy it’s there and won’t notice any problems with it. As long as it remains optional and the old modal interface is retained and updated in parallel, I’ll be content.

As for why problems aren’t fixed before release, it comes down to the development cycle not being long enough. That’s a problem that needs urgent attention, as I noted in this month’s Bug Watch.

]]> By: R.K. McSwain http://www.blog.cadnauseam.com/2008/04/10/autocad-2009-layer-palette-and-performance/#comment-224 R.K. McSwain Fri, 11 Apr 2008 22:34:09 +0000 http://www.blog.cadnauseam.com/?p=78#comment-224 Sometimes it makes sense to NOT listen to user wishes. Surely there were complaints/suggestions during beta testing? I wonder why they were not addressed before releasing? Sometimes it makes sense to NOT listen to user wishes.

Surely there were complaints/suggestions during beta testing? I wonder why they were not addressed before releasing?

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