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Is there something like this, which enables me to edit scenes with humans? Like Poser or DAZ 3D? I would DIE to have something like that in the browser!

by 3dfan 11y ago

kpil 11y ago
I never really understood why anyone would like to run anything that requires long sessions of work - in a browser? A CAD program seems like the antithesis of a good case for a web app. The GUI can never be quite as good, always quirky menus, seldom an undo, a backspace in the wrong place can send your latest changes into oblivion, and the GUI typically feels like it's one the verge to collapse. It can work 'OK' or even great for short tasks- like Jira (that has all of the above) - but if you spend some serious time in a web app, it really sucks. OK, it runs everywhere, I get that.
- bryanlarsen 11y ago
  Most good web-based editors have none of the drawbacks you've listed. I'm not familiar with Tinkercad, but http://clara.io http://clara.io has: - traditional-style menus - infinite undo. Checkout the history tab -- you can see your entire history with a timestamp and an icon saying who made the change. Click on any change to undo that change. - backspace is captured - it's continuously saving, so it's almost impossible to lose your changes. If you lose your internet connection, it uses the browser standard onbeforeunload dialog box to prevent you from leaving before they are saved. There are some significant advantages to choosing a web app: collaboration, change control, access to cloud computing for CPU-intense tasks like rendering, as well as the avoidance of not having to install license dongles or license managers.
  - kpil 11y ago
    Sure. With a significant effort you can almost be as good as a native application, except not quite. The benefits you mentioned is not exclusive to web apps. There are no inherent benefits, except perhaps licence management, which benefits the service provider more, and the fact that there already is a server side to use for features like collaboration.
    - dozzie 11y ago
      There are two closely coupled benefits: ease of installation (one machine to do so) and ease of upgrade (again, single machine). That said, I much prefer desktop applications to web-based ones, especially when it's not me who hosts them. They may disappear overnight, they may break overnight, I don't control backups for them, I need constant internet access to use them (sometimes I work off-line, so this is a big no-no). And web applications on modern hardware (which I don't own, because why should I? my Dell D830 works satisfactory) are almost as fast as desktop applications on my older hardware. Meaning, they're slow.
ja27 11y ago
Not in the browser, but there is the open-source MakeHuman: http://www.makehuman.org/ http://www.makehuman.org/

Is there something like this, which enables me to edit scenes with humans? Like Poser or DAZ 3D? I would DIE to have something like that in the browser!

by 3dfan 11y ago

Is there something like this, which enables me to edit scenes with humans? Like Poser or DAZ 3D? I would DIE to have something like that in the browser!

kpil 11y ago

I never really understood why anyone would like to run anything that requires long sessions of work - in a browser? A CAD program seems like the antithesis of a good case for a web app. The GUI can never be quite as good, always quirky menus, seldom an undo, a backspace in the wrong place can send your latest changes into oblivion, and the GUI typically feels like it's one the verge to collapse. It can work 'OK' or even great for short tasks- like Jira (that has all of the above) - but if you spend some serious time in a web app, it really sucks. OK, it runs everywhere, I get that.

bryanlarsen 11y ago
Most good web-based editors have none of the drawbacks you've listed. I'm not familiar with Tinkercad, but http://clara.io http://clara.io has: - traditional-style menus - infinite undo. Checkout the history tab -- you can see your entire history with a timestamp and an icon saying who made the change. Click on any change to undo that change. - backspace is captured - it's continuously saving, so it's almost impossible to lose your changes. If you lose your internet connection, it uses the browser standard onbeforeunload dialog box to prevent you from leaving before they are saved. There are some significant advantages to choosing a web app: collaboration, change control, access to cloud computing for CPU-intense tasks like rendering, as well as the avoidance of not having to install license dongles or license managers.
- kpil 11y ago
  Sure. With a significant effort you can almost be as good as a native application, except not quite. The benefits you mentioned is not exclusive to web apps. There are no inherent benefits, except perhaps licence management, which benefits the service provider more, and the fact that there already is a server side to use for features like collaboration.
  - dozzie 11y ago
    There are two closely coupled benefits: ease of installation (one machine to do so) and ease of upgrade (again, single machine). That said, I much prefer desktop applications to web-based ones, especially when it's not me who hosts them. They may disappear overnight, they may break overnight, I don't control backups for them, I need constant internet access to use them (sometimes I work off-line, so this is a big no-no). And web applications on modern hardware (which I don't own, because why should I? my Dell D830 works satisfactory) are almost as fast as desktop applications on my older hardware. Meaning, they're slow.

ja27 11y ago

Not in the browser, but there is the open-source MakeHuman: http://www.makehuman.org/ http://www.makehuman.org/