Sibelius is kind of like Photoshop in that, while its interface and design could be rebuilt from the ground up, too many people (myself included) are used to the old version and it would be too...
Sibelius is kind of like Photoshop in that, while its interface and design could be rebuilt from the ground up, too many people (myself included) are used to the old version and it would be too much of a headache at this point to change it.
I don't believe this was even mentioned in the video, but my main issue with Sibelius (and most notational programs until Dorico came along) is that it's obnoxiously difficult to work on a plain blank page, and to work with "non-musical" content. Programs like this are built with the assumption that you're going to be writing music so it's assumed that you'll be using a staff, a clef, notes, dynamics, etc. But what happens when I want to insert performance notes (the most common example of where I run into this problem) and will be writing several sentences with diagrams, and an epigraph? Sibelius has a category for "text on blank page" but things like collision detection, columns, margins, and symbol entry are non-existent, meaning I can either a) do all those things manually, or b) do it in a program like Word or Illustrator while painstakingly importing each symbol individually.
It's a good program if you're writing "normal" music, but it needs a major overhaul to be friendly to new music and non-traditional and graphic scoring.
Small content warning at 18:52 some image of gore is displayed. As a squeamish person myself I felt like having a small warning there could have been nice.
Small content warning at 18:52 some image of gore is displayed. As a squeamish person myself I felt like having a small warning there could have been nice.
Sibelius is kind of like Photoshop in that, while its interface and design could be rebuilt from the ground up, too many people (myself included) are used to the old version and it would be too much of a headache at this point to change it.
I don't believe this was even mentioned in the video, but my main issue with Sibelius (and most notational programs until Dorico came along) is that it's obnoxiously difficult to work on a plain blank page, and to work with "non-musical" content. Programs like this are built with the assumption that you're going to be writing music so it's assumed that you'll be using a staff, a clef, notes, dynamics, etc. But what happens when I want to insert performance notes (the most common example of where I run into this problem) and will be writing several sentences with diagrams, and an epigraph? Sibelius has a category for "text on blank page" but things like collision detection, columns, margins, and symbol entry are non-existent, meaning I can either a) do all those things manually, or b) do it in a program like Word or Illustrator while painstakingly importing each symbol individually.
It's a good program if you're writing "normal" music, but it needs a major overhaul to be friendly to new music and non-traditional and graphic scoring.
Small content warning at 18:52 some image of gore is displayed. As a squeamish person myself I felt like having a small warning there could have been nice.
I have never used Sibelius, but I'm amazed by how bad its UI is. This video shows it in a great way :D