Ok, it sounds like we're both on the same page. I also like to gripe about interfaces of various packages when they don't match how I would design them.

But, sometimes the functionality is so good, that I put up with a lot of (what I consider to be) strangeness in the inteface. Take <name deleted to protect the guilty> for example, which I love and strongly recommend, just because it does a great job of coming up with results I want.

-- Eric Hammond