I don't agree that all designers do this; but it's certainly common. Are you extending that criticism to the designers of respected professional tools like Pho

I don't agree that all designers do this; but it's certainly common. Are you extending that criticism to the designers of respected professional tools like Photoshop, Logic, Final Cut, MS Word, etc? Those are products refined over years using the feedback of thousands of professionals. If I walk into a recording studio you decided you don't like red clip meters... if I sit down in your airplane and you've flipped the rudder pedals with the stick... I mean... there are standards and standards are good and the more good standards we have the better off we all are. I'm using one of those few remaining systems that you mentioned. But even on OS X I don't find it "impossible" to use the standard interface.