HP - The zoom slow down is the worst. I've found that it's easier to zoom by holding ctrl+alt+MMB and dragging. It's much smoother and you don't get the slow down.
mmh well sorry, it's not about the rotation focus. In perspective, the zoom is relative to the size of the object when you press z so the the move is coherent, hence if you focus on a big object and then try to zoom on a little object right after, it will be "slow" because the zooming ratio is still adapted to the big…
Max doesnt get confused, it's just rotation around your previous focus point, so you must update this point frequently. I press Z like 1000 times a minute. Whenever I make a selection, I make sure I press Z so I can rotate around that selection so I can zoom and pan with that view in focus. What helped for me, is to use…