The future of new modeling tools

[neostyles]

No, your just used to Blender. Anything you want can be a Shortcut in Wings3d, Just have to remember where you put it. I have Mirror on and off, Hard and Soft Edges, and the ML - expand to charted region. Also Remember, Recall selection. The Edge-loop and Edge-ring are Stock shortcuts I use a lot.

Blender has tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of users. I think it is safe to assume that they are doing something right.

btw, maybe it's just me but i dont really see the point of having an additional set of buttons for selection modes.

The problem with wings's user interface, imo, lies in the lack of feedback for the user. You have operations (such as the aforementioned) bend tool that just leave the user hanging. I never actually figured it out figured it out and just with ggaliens simple bend tool. Awesome plug in.

There just isnt enough to suggest a "change in state." By this i mean the different "steps" of the bend. The program doesnt do a very good job of communicating what exactly you are supposed to do. This is where widgets would come in handy. For example, when you are choosing the center of the bend wings could provide you with a little point or something that represents the center of the bend which the program would then update your results in real time. An added benefit of this is that the workflow would be less linear and about

step A => step B => step c

and more about letting the user adjust things as they see fit.