I think it is a case of apples and oranges here. Yes we need to make progress on IDEs, and of course we can borrow inspiration from many sources. I've used ev

I think it is a case of apples and oranges here. Yes we need to make progress on IDEs, and of course we can borrow inspiration from many sources. I've used every application the author has mentioned: Photoshop, Premiere, Maya, AutoCAD, ProTools, Finale, Reason, PageMaker, and the reasons the tools succeed have more to do with the necessities dictated by the media you are editing rather than some kind of profound innovation.