HeelX I kinda of agree with your point. So let's ignore "next-Gen" and just try to improve our understanding of what Conitec is planning for A7 tools/work flow in the future.

I believe Conitec does its best to get feedback from the beta testers but I think if things were discussed openly with the community earlier we might avoid things like what happened with the shader editor or at least realise that it needed re-thinking sooner.