Have you tried the new Blender 2.5 (now in alpha)? The interface is a major improvement... It's much easier to find things in menus and figure out what various options do. And you can edit the camera movement keys to match other 3D applications. There is still some weird modality, but I think this version's interface is becoming normal enough to see some significant adoption once it gets out of beta.

(But Wings is still a better modeller.)