[Ernesto]

I find the Cooperative user interace very un-intuitive, and tricky.
I have esplained this regarding certain uses, but this is a complete conclusion.

1) Benchmark. This is a very important information considering the relative slow speed of Maxxwell Render. When performing a single rendering Maxwell Render have no difficulty calculating the Benchmark, and after some time it gets stabilized, guiving a more accurte reading. There is no reason for the lack of this data when performing a Cooperative Rendering.
It is easily calculable by hand, although it is a mess for the user. If the Next Limit programers could add it in the Cooperative User Interface it would be more usefull.

2) Estimated rendering time. When Cooperative rendering is running, the user interface shows WRONG readings of estimated rendering time. This is obviously a Bug. Or perhaps a mistake of the programmers. We have developed the graphic Maxwell Calculator, several years ago, to estimate the CORRECT rendering time. The MCalculator, was released a few month later, and both methods estimates the rendering time in single mode as well as in cooperative mode with accuracy. There is no reason to show totally wrong estimated rendering times for each machine, which disorient the user. Perhaps the people of NEXT LIMIT do not understand the importance of predictability in our daily work. Perhaps they do not knoe the equations to calculate the right rendering time, if so please contact me that I can help you. Finnally it is really tricky to show the data provided by the user interface that is totaally useless, or worse it can be diissorienting.

3)It seems that the current (1.7) UI is a work in progress since there are a lot of empty boxes, and what is worse there are lot of OBSOLETE commands buttons and boxes that again do NOT HELP, and what is WORSE can disorient the user.

4) Redundant options are a trap for Users. It is not logical that you have two diferent OPEN mxs file deppending on the rendering mode (cooperative and single) the logical option would be to have a SINGLE OPEN button, and inside it add two options. The current way is fooling the first time users. The manual do not warn the user about all these tricks and traps, perhaps because the people who wrote the manual were used to the software and didnt explored all the posibilities for a newbee.

5) It is Obvious that someone DESIGNED the UI, because it is quite fancy. But it is only astetic!
The real good design must be fully functional. In order to design a Functional UI, you need more than a graphic design professional. You need also someone specuialis is semiotic, and graphic language, as well as psicologist specialist is human intuition. (just in case you want to inprove it)


Sincerely Yours

Ernesto Lacalle

[NicoR44]

Always a pleasure to read your constructive and always positive input Ernesto.

[Ernesto]

Thanks Niko 44!

Detecting problems is always positive, since that is the door to solutions.
Ignoring reality, only will be an obstacle to improvement.
Do not feel discouraged when you discover a problem, instead feel happy for the discovery and take advantage of the information that will give you the oportunity to correct, and improve!
Sincerely Yours

Ernesto

[NicoR44]

In that case, let me help you out a bit:

This might be worth to look at?

[Hervé]

[Ernesto]

Thanks Niko44,
As I told you the site is safe.
The site was attacked by some hacker, and it was fixed several weeks ago.
Google is taking his time to verify that everything is ok now.
Ernesto

[rusteberg]

The Martyr Victim Complex Described

By Charles Shahar Posted: 07.06.2006
The martyr is one who employs self-sacrifice and victimization as a way of avoiding to take responsibility for their life. They are prepared, however, to take responsibility for everyone else's life.

They are invariably unhappy and unfulfilled because they deny their own needs for the sake of others. They view life as a struggle, and themselves as a bastion of righteousness in an ungrateful world.

They consider themselves a light to the world, a shining example of how a good and selfless person should behave. They honestly believe they are a model of virtue. They also believe that their goodness will eventually "rub off" on others. If they are abused and mistreated, they will suffer such indignities, because eventually their tormenter will see the error of their ways, and recognize what a special human being they are hurting.

Martyrs are often attracted to difficult and abusive people. They have a compulsive need to change them, make these people good, and make them appreciate and respect them. They pick spouses who are brutal or intolerant, who lack a conscience, who deceive and manipulate them, and who resist the martyr’s efforts to reform them. It is interesting that they unconsciously choose to be around impossible people, and that their efforts to rehabilitate the latter are doomed to fail.

The victim role is an important component of a martyr complex. It justifies in their mind that others are responsible for their pain. They engage in compulsive blaming to reinforce this conviction. The blaming functions to deflect the basic neurotic tendency of their behavior: They set themselves up to be victims. They do this to avoid taking responsibility for their life, but also to show that their own behavior is beyond criticism.

Martyrs are caught in a neurotic struggle that began in childhood. Since such behavior is a complex phenomenon it is difficult to describe a particular parent-child interaction that may account for it. Martyrs often learn to be victims from a parent who assumed this role, usually the mother. She sacrificed herself for her family and reacted passively to a brutal and uncompromising husband. She kept her family intact, and often shielded the children from the more negative aspects of her husband's behavior, absorbing the blows herself.

Since their own life was pretty miserable, such a parent often lived for and through their children. That is, their quest for happiness and fulfillment revolved around the experiences of these children. To please the parent, the child assumed the latter's aspirations, and their own needs became secondary. They learned that they must make sacrifices, repress their own desires, and behave passively toward authority. Whenever the child tried to contradict the parent by asserting their personality, the latter saw it as a sign of betrayal, and made the child feel guilty: "Is this what I deserve after all I have done for you?"

The martyr personality was often burdened excessively with responsibilities in their younger years, perhaps looking after the household while the parent was absent. The father may have been absent for reasons other than work (drinking, idling with friends), and the mother may have worked full-time to support the family. The child was forced to sacrifice their fun and leisure by looking after siblings, and generally behaving like a responsible adult. This made them serious and resolute beyond their years. It also reinforced the conviction that they should live by serving and catering to the needs of others, while repressing their own.

The characteristics of neurotic martyrdom in adulthood can be summarized as follows: The person cares for and helps others while sacrificing their own needs. They find people who they feel require their help the most, usually those who are selfish and intolerant. They help by showing others how to be good. They submit to abuse as an appeal to the conscience of the abuser. When this doesn't work, they resort to guilt-trips, nagging and other types of passive-aggressive strategies.

On a deeper level, martyrs are very needy for love. Unfortunately, they unconsciously believe that the only way they can get love is through suffering. The suffering makes them feel special and wanted, and it brings meaning to their life. Their suffering is tied to their ego. They are actually proud of it. Take away their suffering and they seem lost.

don't worry ernesto, everyone has a complex on some level, it's completely normal... the trick is to become aware of it before it slaps you in the face with a reality check

[Ernesto]

Rusterberg,

I am sorry you prefer Attacking the messenger rather than understand the message.

E

[rusteberg]

There is no place in a fanatics head where reason can enter.

Napolean Bonaparte

that is an attack.