Which Video Editor is the easiest to learn - open to debate

[post-it]

OK .. lets try a question no one has ever asked:
Which Is The Easiest Editor To Learn?

Rules are:
1) No FAQ researching ( newbe's never read those things anyways' )
2) No Pop-ups' ( unless your hovering-over a certain section too long! )
3) Easiest to Load and Go.
4) No Project Settings Changes ( everything defaulted and ready for use. )
and finally
5) Easiest to SAVE.

I've seen quite a few of them come and go. I've played with
many of them and wasted around $8,000°° on Newer Wannabe's.

I believe that the time has come to finally answer the
simplest question ever asked at ANY video EDITING board
and has never been answered by those who can afford everything!
"Which Video Editor is the easiest to learn?"

[Pwolf]

based on those requirements:

notepad

[Seijin_Dinger]

But Pwolf, I thought all the 1337 editorz used Windows Movie Maker as its the best and easiest to work with

[Pwolf]

But Pwolf, I thought all the 1337 editorz used Windows Movie Maker as its the best and easiest to work with

I'm just following the rules.

[Seijin_Dinger]

Ive never been 1 for following the rules I guess

[Niotex]

Complexity is for fools. People know you mean business when you whip out notepad. Need to bring your project over to a client? Doubt they'll have all those fancy NLE's that only the posers use. Just forward them the text file and you're good. What is that you say? Your client doesn't have a personal computer in any way shape or form? That's okay! Notepad has got your back, just print it out on a piece of paper and show that to your client! And it's fully backwards compatible with pen/pencil! I'll bet you $10 that After Effects isn't that flexible.

[post-it]

and if the Rules are:
1) No FAQ researching ( newbe's never read those things anyways' )
2).
3).
4) No Project Settings Changes ( everything defaulted and ready for use. )
and finally
5).

?

[Pwolf]

Notepad

[CodeZTM]

Almost every editor has those requirements. Even just 1 and 4. Is it that hard to crack open a help manual for a few hours/days and learn what you're doing?

[Cannonaire]

The only editor I know of that meets most of those requirements (though not technically an NLE cause you have to edit linearly) is the Playskool... I mean Windows Movie Maker. Not only does it not make you fiddle with settings, but it doesn't even let you! Want all of your footage to just go right in and have the same AR? It will stretch and sqeeze everything into conformity. Saving can often be a problem though, so I dunno. I wouldn't actually recommend anyone use WMM. Ever.