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It's still a very rough and basic program, but it does some things nicely.

The interface and features in my software follows the industry standard

But you're only really making it look like 3ds max, aren't you. Saying that the industry has a standard for these things is a bit of a stretch.

of course without the <>

Hey, I'm not that thick =)
This is a known issue with nVidia hardware. You're using AMD, so that explains it.

I've also figured out a way to solve the display refresh issue with starting the application with vblank_mode='0'

Doesn't work for me (the Sync to VBlank check box is cleared in nvidia-settings). How did you get it to work?

Steve
Why do you hide the axis gizmo when the Lock Position option is on? It should remain available for precise positioning of the end effector.

an episodic story that revolves around An8-chan the robin, who is a stand-in for the viewer, as she learns the ins and outs of the program.

Careful with those ins and outs:

Froydian slip?

Steve
Right now RMB-dragging an effector moves it towards or away from the user, and MMB-dragging doesn't do anything at all. The RMB behaviour is consistent with the rest of Anim8or (even though it's hardly useful in this case), but how about making the MMB-drag control the IK chain twist? Imagine the MMB-drag modifying the rotation keys on bones so that the entire chain swings about the axis that goes from the chain start to the chain end.
I also think that the Lock Position check box would be more aptly named Animatable position.

I think contour shading should be done differently.