My criticism of 3d coat's Paint window

[L'Ancien Regime]

I believe 3d Coat is in a position to overtake Mari if it wants to. In terms of actually painting textures its ergonomics are superior (there's no delay dropping onto the obj from the paint buffer. The experience is far more visceral . But some things should change. One of the things I really DON'T like is that the Paint window is so much like the other windows for sculpt and voxels. In particular the Materials pop up is terrible. The icons are tiny and poorly arranged and appear colorless, as though no thought had gone into the ergonomics of this vital part of Paint. In fact it's one of the most important things. The artist should have his materials displayed there with such size and colour that he's sensually aroused by them to want to use them. Same thing with the brushes...And the materials are awfully slow to load into the program. I'm not sure why. It all acts to degrade what should be the supreme experience of 3d Coat..painting textures should be an experience that's better than badword.