But that is the point of DIM and CMS; in my opinon. A bit over 2 years ago DIM and CMS was proposed; but had not been nemaed yet. Just the idea of it put me off.Got in to a serious debate about it then.

I mean most of the issues I have had from DAZ content has been the installers, so now DAZ wants you to use a download installer? With DAZ's trackrecord for installers I was certain it would be a disater, and I wasn't far wrong.

And to me, despite being told other wise, CMS is just too close to DRM.

So, DIM downloads and installs to what ever DAZ is calling the studio content folder now, then through CMS keeps track of your content and if it has been updated. So what happens when it scans your content folder and finds some piece of content DAZ has no record of you buying? Don't even try to tell me some alert doesn't go off some place.

So here is DAZ trying to convince everyone DIM is a good thing; with the failure rate I don't see it, so newbies never learn to manually install content. How does this not dicourage newbies from shopping else where?

Then you have CMS, easy way to find content that is for the figure you have selected. Now if all my mil4 content was uptodate with meta data for CMS and I loaded V4 what would I get? 40 gigs of content in the CMS window, and this is suposed to be helpful in finding the clothes I am looking for?  Not hardly. And say I'm looking for a dress, would it load up hair, poses, and props as well? How is that helpful?

And yet something else to disuade newbies from shopping elsewhere. NonDAZ content does not have CMS meta data so wont show in the CMS window, leading newbies to beleve content from other sites is incompatable with studio, rather then incompatab;e with CMS. Figure for every person that posts on the forum about not being able toifind their newly installed content, 20will blow it off and not shop at the other store again. 

It is my opinon that even though DAZ touts DIM and CMS as apps to help newbies, all they are really for is to put newbies off shoping elsewhere. The proof is in DAZ admonishing and removing posts telling newbies they don't need DIM to download content and are quite capable of installing it manually; and generally with far less falderall and a better chance of it ending up in the right place.