Hi Freddy

Scott Yee has a good picture of the GEM Genesys. It looks like a very ergonomic layout.
http://scottyee.com
* Click on the 'pictures' link

I give USB, whatever flavor, about zero chance of overtaking firewire in the video arena. Its up to Sony (for all practical purposes) and Sony seems committed to firewire (ilink). In the digital still arena, USB seems to dominate. In the music arena, USB seems to have the lead, but Yamaha has adopted firewire for its mLan specification. While I think USB will dominate, I do not see firewire disappearing (so to speak).