Rhino 8 for Mac is a massive regression in UI, UX and function

Hi, I just wanted to say, that I totally feel you, as I also moved from the v5 to v8. I managed to somehow bend the IU to be at least similar to the one I was used to. It was a massive pain, but now it’s almost usable for me. I’m still switching back to v5 with some more complex projects, though. I am attaching my current state of the UI in case it helps you with setting up yours. Feel free to ask for details, if needed.

A lot of main problems (keyboard shortcuts, cascade menus, …) have been fixed with the latest updates, but here is the list a few UI related problems, that are still bothering me a lot:

  1. filter/OSnap panel doesn’t work properly with narow side bar
  2. Tabs don’t work properly with narrow side bar
  3. Layer editor is ugly, icons looks childish and its wasting tons of screen space. It’s a huge regression compared to v5 layer editor (attached). Also, simple renaming of layer is a nightmare.
  4. This bar was always upon the Viewport! It was way better. Now I can’t find the way to change its position.
  5. Material editor is messy and not very useful, especially when docked
  6. When dragging the picture over the Rhino window (from finder to desktop or to the different app) the whole computer freezes for a couple of seconds. It happens especially when big scene is open. This is maybe the most annoying bug, but I don’t know how to capture it.
  7. When taking a screenshot (cmd+shift+4/5 on MacOS) some edges on Viewport became highlighted. This will make the screenshot unusable for presentation…



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