twenty_one wrote:
Maybe it's time to split Lightroom into professional and amateur editions, along the lines of Photoshop and Elements.
I disagree ... maybe it's time for Lr to become truly modular.
Offer a base option that only has the Library, Develop and maybe the Print module ... then let the marketplace drive the other modules as options (Slideshow, Maps, Book and Web) that could be added to the base configuration in a ala carte fashion. That way, the sales of those other "unimportant" or "amateur" modules would either grow or die based upon actual sales and not perceived unimportance.
That way we could get past the ... "Idon'twantAdobewastingtimeonthatfeaturesonobodyelseshouldhaveiteither ," statements that seem to NEVER end.
The user base for Lr is broad and diverse, especially since the price drop with v4 ... the constant input by a few folks that want to focus on Adobe ignoring legitmate requests for additional useful functionality because they fear they will result in undue harm from their existence or development of those features is getting extremely tiresome.
We don't all have the same requirements, desires or aspirations for our individual workflow ... I think it's high time that some folks show a bit more tolerance ... because it was Adobe that offered much more than a RAW processor even with the very first beta of "Shadowland" ... err I mean Lr. For many users it was precisely because of those additional features that many users adopted Lr as the centerpiece of their workflow. Those folks should not be ignored out of the misconception that others will needlessly suffer.