Avid's Interface Needs Updating

It's the best on the market, but it needs some overhauling. No transfer modes (who wants to use a plugin for those?). You have to nest effects to apply more than one (why not make it like After Effects' Effect Editor, where you click and drag as many effects as you want to a clip, and the effect parameters stack on top of each other in the Effect Editor?). You have to tap a key/click a mouse to get into segment mode just to be able to click and drag your clips around in the timeline, then tap that key or click that mouse again to get out. (Why not just make it a click-and-drag interface period? Why even keep the segment modes?). Don't even get me started on having to use different modes to trim, color correct, move clips around the timeline, tweak effects, etc.

I use, love, and will always stick with Avid. But the interface is so 1993...it's 2005, and time for some updates. Those of you who love the "old-school" approach could easily be appeased if Avid used one of its specialties when it comes to the interface: user settings. The Avid interface is the most tweakable one I've ever seen. So, I say update it, but allow a user setting to leave it in the "old" mode for those old-school die-hards who want it left alone, while allowing a "new" mode for those who want to use it the way it is. I'd also love a loopable timeline, one that will allow you to play your sequence endlessly, while being able to tweak all your parameters in real-time, without stopping playback (unless you do so yourself). That's one of the best features of the Media 100 844x line, may it rest in peace. Neither of these would be that hard to implement...I've even had Avid programmers I know tell me it's a realistic idea. Those same programmers whispered about possible changes coming to the interface, though no specifics were given. I welcome those changes, myself. Don't believe me? Look at the Advanced Keyframe editor and AVX 2. I've heard that's only the beginning. I have nothing to back that up, so I'm just stating opinion and "whispers" I've heard from the folks who make the Avid products.

Avid's interface hasn't been changed in over a decade and we've become spoiled by that. Many have become opposed to any changes. Undestandably so. Who wants to relearn a revised interface when they're comfortable the way it is? But take a look at the other companies out there who have changed the interfaces of their products: it usually ends up benefitting the users more (not always, but usually). Adobe and its After Effects application is a classic example of this.

Just my $0.02.