Comments on: The Unbearable Lightness of Being Failing Furniture http://radarmasukami.com/2008/08/13/the-unbearable-lightness-of-being-failing-furniture/ Radar Masukami of the SL Under the Radar podcast thinks out loud Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:22:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Lunette http://radarmasukami.com/2008/08/13/the-unbearable-lightness-of-being-failing-furniture/#comment-265 Lunette Thu, 14 Aug 2008 18:37:27 +0000 http://radarmasukami.com/?p=325#comment-265 I'd buy your virtual Macbook Pro, since I don't know if I'll ever be able to get one IRL. :-( I’d buy your virtual Macbook Pro, since I don’t know if I’ll ever be able to get one IRL. :-(

]]> By: Radar http://radarmasukami.com/2008/08/13/the-unbearable-lightness-of-being-failing-furniture/#comment-264 Radar Thu, 14 Aug 2008 08:09:17 +0000 http://radarmasukami.com/?p=325#comment-264 That makes sense. It does seem more like something to set things up for the creator, not the end-user, at least in the form I saw it in. Not trying to rehash our plurk conversation but just wanted to acknowledge here that yeah, that makes a lot of sense given what I was seeing. That makes sense. It does seem more like something to set things up for the creator, not the end-user, at least in the form I saw it in. Not trying to rehash our plurk conversation but just wanted to acknowledge here that yeah, that makes a lot of sense given what I was seeing.

]]> By: Peter Stindberg http://radarmasukami.com/2008/08/13/the-unbearable-lightness-of-being-failing-furniture/#comment-263 Peter Stindberg Thu, 14 Aug 2008 07:39:58 +0000 http://radarmasukami.com/?p=325#comment-263 MLP is a great framework that takes a lot of work off designers. The problem is, that most designers see it as a drop-in-and-forget tool. That is why you see the same menues and the same poses over and over and over and over again - it really makes you sick. However, if a designer goes the extra mile and puts custom poses inside, and strips (no pun intended) the menu to the possible minimum, you won't even notice it is MLP. MLP gets distributed in the source - you can do whatever you want with it. But in many many cases it simply lacks creativity, and in some cases skill, to make it a tool for you, and not a "hey lets put some poses in". MLP is a great framework that takes a lot of work off designers. The problem is, that most designers see it as a drop-in-and-forget tool. That is why you see the same menues and the same poses over and over and over and over again - it really makes you sick.

However, if a designer goes the extra mile and puts custom poses inside, and strips (no pun intended) the menu to the possible minimum, you won’t even notice it is MLP.

MLP gets distributed in the source - you can do whatever you want with it. But in many many cases it simply lacks creativity, and in some cases skill, to make it a tool for you, and not a “hey lets put some poses in”.

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