(Mac) App very slow, Too much lags, Poor documentation, UX difficulties, Illustrator edits does not change

[AW85]

Dear Haikuteam,

Much apologies as the above subject implies ~ I have been trying to acclimatise to Haiku on numerous occasions amounting to month(s) yet I am still experiencing all the above issues frequently to the point of losing some, although thankfully not yet commercial ~ work in progress(es).

Each and everyone of the above problems obviously speaks on their own terms.
However, If I have to "prioritise" which is the most pressing concern would be :

1). Poor documentation + General artwork onboarding problems ~
It appears that between 2019-2021, Haiku gained a lot of attention. But at the time of writing this now (June 2022); all official links to "docs" gives a 404 error. General onboarding / how-to's are certainly NOT intuitive. It was not as simple as importing Illustrator file. A lot of mouse clicking and fiddling around with "components", "assets", etc. Drag and dropping an artwork onto the stage often does not work / do anything. TLDR; Not a straightforward workflow.

2). Generall UX issues + Poor overall performance + Reliability issues + extremely convoluted installation (PC) :

A little granular /specific here on the UX - selecting partial elements from multiple areas at a time is pretty much impossible. There are no layer hides or view visibility function. A lot of times, ~ persistent lags and delays for even inbetween selecting operations. I've lost some design elements that I finished animating prior...and not so keen to restart all over because of the accidental deletions, and overall slowdowns ~ thus leading to total crashes. Other concerns ~ the dreaded auto-save! And no prior versioning controls.

I am currently using a Mac, and the installation seemed more or less tolerable. Although once I was contemplating to trial the Windows version for (actual work) based trial project. But - I wholeheartedly agree with a previous poster saying that it is indeed rocket science. A lot of hacking. Command-lining.

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If anyone can at least maintain this thread alive, or at the very least, share similar experiences ~ we may only hope the HaikuTeam can pick these up.

Let me just proclaim and insist nevertheless there is no far no other animation tools freely accessible that I know of that bears the most potential as Haiku.

Well wishes,

AW85

[AW85]

Eight days later and still not a single response, and I am experiencing even more slowdowns even when performing basic timeline item rearrangements. Things don't get selected the way I expected it to (it just randomly expands and selects keyframes from elsewhere that is far off from what I am trying to select).

In addition to my other query still pending for any response. Can anyone please respond? I have a project already invested through many hours spent already within Haiku and unfortunately there is just no other accessible alternative.

Regards, AW85.

[AW85]

Apologies closed this on error, admins and community please respond in any way you can. Regards, AW85.