Comments on: Early XSI Screenshot of the Day

By: Madmind

Madmind — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 12:09:35 +0000

It’s really interesting to see the evolution of the XSI UI though i have to agree with everybody else: this one simply looks strange if not ugly.
But I can’t wait to see a screenshot of the interface we use today in twenty years from now on which reminds me of how we could use THAT one.

By: Xsitar

Xsitar — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 03:47:08 +0000

Oh i forgot to say: what an ugly & confusing interface that was! glad it didn’t make it.

By: Xsitar

Xsitar — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 03:38:52 +0000

i wish softimage would make the xsi interface a little more sleek and “flatter”, yes. I really like blenders “rounded theme” or even modo’s with it’s transparent ui-overlays.

xsi’s ui look feels slowly a bit more chunky, even though it was cutting edge years ago and still is one of the best.

By: Richard

Richard — Sun, 18 Feb 2007 19:09:42 +0000

Ten years from now this is will still be better than LightWave! :o(

By: xsixer

xsixer — Sun, 18 Feb 2007 15:06:53 +0000

May look strange today but it was state of art.

By: Michael Hale

Michael Hale — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 20:17:37 +0000

Oh how I miss the days of the soft and rounded DS look in Softimage products. It looks a little goofy now, but at the time it came off so cool.

By: Tony

Tony — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 19:42:57 +0000

Crazy! Alien vs. Predator spaceship control panel :p

I wonder, where from comes the whole bevel obsession. I hope not because CEO’s grandson loves it.

By: Mario Reitbauer

Mario Reitbauer — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 10:35:53 +0000

Hmm, the overall layout hasn’t changed that much, looks still quite the same :)

By: gentk

gentk — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 10:07:44 +0000

Looks like you guys have always had an obsession with bevels and embosses. :)

I like the current XSI interface, but I wouldn’t mind if some interface elements were ‘flatter’ and some more compact. (I guess it would help reduce unnecessary screen space usage too)

By: Doug Nicola

Doug Nicola — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 05:06:50 +0000

Is it my imagination, or does this design borrow extremely heavily from The Jetsons?