I agree with Steve. This is my #1, #2 and #3 suggestion all rolled into one. The Preview speed of Photo Mechanic.

Amen! Networked catalogs would be THE killer feature.

Content aware cloning.

While Adobe has claimed for years that there would be seamless cross-compatibility between those three (3) applications (but hasn’t done so), I wouldn’t hold your breath for items like a full typography engine, scripting/macros, et cetera. Lightroom is already bloated, buggy, and full of useless items for serious users (maps, books), and serious lacking in other areas of serious users (the biggest being the speed, organization, and IPTC of PhotoMechanic).

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A very serious question for the KelbyOne staff: How about a survey that queries the professional photographers that work with KelbyOne (Moose Peterson, Jeremy Cowart, Joe McNally, Vincent Versace, Dave Black, etc.) on what they use for their everyday, professional, paid, work—and then publicize those results, along with explanation from each pro on why they have made their choices. (Of course, after I’ve typed this, it has dawned on me that KelbyOne might not want to bite the hands of Adobe that feeds them.)

We already know that Scott Kelby uses PhotoMechanic for his sports photography—why? I know that Vincent Versace doesn’t use any sort of cataloging software, does his initial RAW editing with Nikon’s professional software (due to its superior work with the Nikon NEF format), then does the rest of the editing in Photoshop, while archiving in OnOne’s Perfect Resize (née Genuine Fractals). Moose Peterson also uses PhotoMechanic.

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I am not use why Scott is putting forth the effort to catalog the survey results. He has already chastised Adobe for not listening thus far (“Lightroom is now around eight years old. It’s time to fix some of these foundational things…” – 5/26/2015). It is more than abundantly clear that Adobe didn’t listen to any of us regarding the ill-conceived subscription-only licensing. What makes any of us think Adobe will listen to anything we have to say? With Apple out of the picture (competitively), there is no one else competing for the same market. Now, if PhotoMechanic or CaptureOne lowered their price, or if Nikon modified their professional RAW editor with (good) library features, then there could be some discussion.