Originally posted by davemdsn It is a cool program and there are a lot of things I still like about it, but they seem to be rushing it (1.4?).
That's how I see it as well: rushed. The best example is the user interface: a panel-based interface that does not show all controls/actions user can access! It requires ALT+clicks and right-clicks to show/access additional options and often even essential options.
Also, there is no clear distinction what is clickable and what is not. I often feel very tense as if I am walking on a minefield when working with LR: I never know if LR will do something when I click on some area I would never ever expect any action to be associated with, but sometimes you have a "bang!" and the thing just surprises you and does something you don't want!
My favorite? "Reset" controls in Develop module: on ALT labels change to clickable labels! Not buttons. Clickable labels! That is unheard of in user interface design. What was wrong with putting little "Reset" buttons? No time to implement and test event on a button, so they reused existing labels and registered "on click" events to them??? I mean that is good for someone learning GUI programming, but shall that come from Adobe in a commercial product? I don't think so.
(For those of you who did not notice: if you want to reset "Presence" for example holding down ALT changes the
label to "Reset Presence". Still looks like a label, however you could now click that label and it will reset presence controls! Eh??? Or notice how large main buttons (lover right corner) change in "Print" module upon pressing ALT. Is that where you would normally expect setup options? "Behind" buttons? Ridiculous! It took me some time to find out (stumble upon?) all these "hidden" options, and who knows how many of them I have missed.)