New version will support presets and basic direct dvd encoding. But still there will be option to select default presets and do show any other - so it will not bother you at all.
BTW with current state of program in on my hdd i made preset for encoding dvds to xvid where i just need to write d:\stupid_movie_on_dvd.avi and click convert

- maybe other software can do it too, i don't know, because i'm not dvd ripper ....
Only things i want to finish to next release are
twopass encoding and support for translating program to different languages
I'm also working on batchjob, maybe it will be in 3rd release since now, maybe maybe more, but definitely not earlier.