http://www.cycling74.com/story/2007/9/28/105551/882

Prévu pour début 2008 , plus joli, plus simple et prévu pour linux ...

Easier to Use

   1. Multiple undo is available.
   2. Objects interact with time in ways that are more meaningful than milliseconds.
   3. The patcher is variable resolution and can be zoomed in and out.
   4. A simplified and more consistent interface, identical on Mac and Windows.
   5. A new object palette (with nice big resizable icons!) works as a visual catalog.

Easier to Learn

   1. The documentation is completely integrated into the user interface.
   2. A searchable database of objects, media, examples, and documentation integrates all of the provided material.
   3. Introductory tutorials have been completely rewritten, and include integrated patches.
   4. New interactive debugging tools make figuring out what your patch is doing (almost) fun.
   5. Third-party object developers can now use all of our documentation tools for their products.

Easier to Deal With

   1. The interface can easily be localized and customized.
   2. A new file format is more readable, extensible and reliable.
   3. Support for Unicode text and filenames.
   4. A new interface layer -- "Presentation Mode" – provides a new way to build user interfaces without cluttering your patch.
   5. The installation and authorization experience is vastly improved.

   1. The new patcher file format is designed to let you to save files for the preset object without fear that your preset won't work if you change the patch.
   2. vst~ provides host sync to plug-ins
   3. You no longer need to prepend a message with "symbol" in order to send it to a message box.
   4. You can double-click on a search path listed in the file preferences window and it will show you where the path is on your hard drive.
   5. You can edit the data in the pattrstorage window.

And how about two more bigger things:

   1. Any movie, audio file, or image can be previewed directly inside the new File Browser, and then dragged onto the object where you want to use it.
   2. poly~ distributes its subpatchers onto multiple processors, resulting in a substantial performance improvement in many cases

J'aime bien ce petit aveu du créateur himself :
Perhaps you have memorized how everything in Max works. I have not – I am constantly consulting the help files and documentation,

et merci drop pour l'info