Chris Thomas and Marsel Khadiyev (of Scene Manager fame) are currently working on a schematic version of the material editor. Once it's finished this new interface will be incredibly useful for editing complex materials. The developers are now taking suggestions, so if you're interested in helping polish and make the perfect node-based material editor, head over to CGTalk and contribute with your own comments. This plugin is a free project and will be available for download at a later development stage. Thanks Marsel and Chris!!

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