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** This thread discusses the content article: 3DConnexion SpaceNavigator Review **

"An honest review! I bought this also after reading lots really high reviews, but has been nothing but disappointed. Lots of paperweights!"

"Hi KN - I'm really glad it works for you individually on your two applications. I know, it's technically possible to fix and it can be 'figured out' (indeed I did on the other pc) if you hardfix the registry, download the RPC user drivers and install the various plugins developed by the companies. But as I was reviewing the product, not the adhoc support of customers or my own technical abilities, I didn't feel it'd be fair to include them! As every other comments here have agreed, as have the bulk of comments in 3DConnexion's own forums - this is not stuff an end-user should have to entertain. I've certainly seen it working in Maya, but again that's through MEL scripting and many maya users complain about this impacting the application load. Fully agree with the comments though as I mentioned in the review - it's a brilliant bit of hardware with game changing capabilities, but with shoddy software support, it's never going to get my vote. I really do hope they address this though!"

"Everything that you mentioned is a great point. The support for this thing so far has been bogus, and 3Dconnexion needs to do better. However, the fact of the matter is that when it works (the only time I've seen it is in Maya 2008/2009 on OS X), it's a beautiful thing. A complete game-changer as far as control goes. So, what can we, as users do, to force 3Dconnexion to improve the situation?"

"As a user or potential user you can force 3Dconnexion to improve by not buying their product. Despite the popular belief right now that Capitalism is evil, it actually does a lot of good. Capitalism requires innovative companies to still do the basic fundamentals of providing decent support for their product. If they do not adapt or change they fail."

"If you don't buy it, you can't use it. The hardware is awesome - they just need to fix the software and licensing situation. And I already bought two of them in 2007!"