Interestingly, I have serious trouble with bass clef (wherever it happens to land on the staff), having never had extensive practice reading it. (Which is what happens when a violist by nature has stretches of violining and guitaring. Cello and octave mandolin jus don't come naturally to me, and I've never had much opportunity with an actual bass. :-) Still, give me a solid C clef any day and make me happy. :-D
On a whole other tangent, your comments mirror those I've made forever about my preferred vector graphics editing software (CorelDraw) vs. my least favorite (Adobe Illustrator). Corel's meme is to have one tool that handles all related functions (with some exceptions now, where there are two or three related tools in a toolbox flyout), and to have that tool switch its settings to handle the various directions of its functionality. Adobe, on the other hand, maintains sets of six and eight tools to do those functions. Clearly, I prefer the "one tool, six settings" meme, which neatly parallels the "three clefs, three locations" one you mention.
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On a whole other tangent, your comments mirror those I've made forever about my preferred vector graphics editing software (CorelDraw) vs. my least favorite (Adobe Illustrator). Corel's meme is to have one tool that handles all related functions (with some exceptions now, where there are two or three related tools in a toolbox flyout), and to have that tool switch its settings to handle the various directions of its functionality. Adobe, on the other hand, maintains sets of six and eight tools to do those functions. Clearly, I prefer the "one tool, six settings" meme, which neatly parallels the "three clefs, three locations" one you mention.