I just received my new update to Painter 8 today and I totally agree with your review. This is a much needed change in the interface. I always found the old Painter 6 and 7 design quite confusing after using Photoshop and Illustrator. I have an Apple G4 running OS X and the program looks stunning and although I haven't used it much yet I am looking forward to jumping in head first! I must also commend Corel on there service. I upgraded to Painter 7 and within days Corel announced the Painter 8 upgrade. I sent them a message asking them if I could get a deal on the upgrade to 8. They agreed and only charged me $19.95(CAD), which included overnight shipping! I received a notification from Corel that they had shipped the product and 4 hours later it was on my doorstep!