it's true, but when you figure it out, you wouldn't have it any other way. I remember how much I hated the UI, but like with any tool the more you use the better you get at it.
For example, I find the left/right mouse buttons completely natural now.
Totally agree. I use 3ds Max a lot for work and I have modified as much as possible in those settings to work like blender. It baffles everyone else I work with.
Exactly, it's like most of my programmer co-workers getting baffled when they see somebody using a keyboard/command-line-oriented linux setup instead of a mouse-oriented mac.
For example, I find the left/right mouse buttons completely natural now.