I'm glad the play button has returned to the center! I agree with osalas1@jhu.edu that you should not remove the larger scene thumbnails on the left of the script. At least provide an option to toggle them on or off. The tiny thumbnails within the script are fine but it's much harder to copy, paste, or move a scene up and down without the larger scene thumbnails. And please talk to whoever is obsessed with changing the user interface all the time, and ask them to calm down. :)

The only good thing about the new timeline are the thumbnails (Tb). Why does the entire UI have to change to provide that functionality? I miss the easy scene access on the left hand-side. The embedded scene Tbs are so much harder to find and access within the text. It's much easier to select the larger version - that are separated out in its own panel, when doing full scene image replacements. Also, where did the "right-click freeze-frame" insert option go? (I use this all the time). I found the new timeline changes so frustrating I reverted back to the OG version within minutes of a project.

Ditto to the comments about the repositioning of all of the buttons.

Is there any awareness at Descript of how MADDENING it is that you keep changing the interface again and again and again? I've been using it for just one year, and I think you are already on your fourth recorder version. The record button has moved from the top to the right to the bottom. The last recorder worked fine, but this newest one is a disaster. What happened to the screen sharing preview? It has now disappeared? Now instead of the screen preview we must select 'Screen 1', 'Screen 2', 'Screen 3' which is totally unhelpful, making it necessary to do several trial recordings to figure out which is screen 1, 2, and 3. In addition, the popup recorder window often gets "stuck" behind the main Descript window.

I have come to dread starting a new Descript project because it almost inevitably means dealing with whatever new random changes and learning curve you will throw at us. Whoever is making these constant decisions to change everything all the time seriously lacks judgment. Someone needs to sit down with them and let them know that this approach of constant changes is infuriating. I have never seen a piece of software that changes so much all the time.

Been working with the new timeline for the past several days

Couple suggestions

1/ Moving the Play button over to the left is really annoying. I have a super wide screen, so now I'm constantly moving my mouse to the extreme ends of my monitor

2/ Removing the next / previous scene buttons means I'm now constantly zooming in and out of my timeline to try and jump scenes

3/ hiding the tool selector underneath another menu is yet another click I have to make, though I do tend to use hotkeys instead

Done! Definitely seems better but I also got quite confused with a lot of the things there, mention it all in the recording. Not sure if there is no "marker" button on timeline, but that would be such a convenient tool. M is used for marking on timeline in Sony Vegas. And R for range, and they're both very helpful!

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