I've been trying out the On1Raw as well. My biggest complaints are that it is slow and that it can't use my Topaz plug ins. While I don't have a Wacom tablet yet, I want one and it doesn't support pressure scaling. I'm sure at some point all of this is going to be collected but my problem is that at first we were told that we would get the product in November. That turned into a "pre-release". We then got a updated pre-release. THEN we got what was supposed to be a finished program. The problem is that the "finished" program has more bugs than a flea ridden armadillo!!! On1 knows it as they put out a "known issues" statement.
To say the least I'm frustrated with them. Their blog states that they will have a new release every month to get things going. I didn't bargain for this. On1 10 is a great program, easy to use and actually fun to use. Raw is a frustrating mess. They should have waited till it was finished instead of using its loyal customer base for a beta test group. One thing I've noticed over the years is that photography programs have most bugs when they are put up for sale. I don't know if that makes us loyal or gullible!! There are plenty of products that we wouldn't put up with this for two minutes, but we will for this, for some reason.
I'm not here to bash On1, I hope that they get it fixed soon and it's a solid competitor to Adobe. That will make Adobe look over their shoulder, as any good company should do. Right now my advice would be to wait if you are interested in their Raw version. On1 10 works fine.
Fsuscotsman,
No real surprise about ON1 RAW. It's a "big" program, and this is the first release. So imagine you could sit in on all the recent meetings at ON1. Let's imagine a meeting around August: "Yes, we all agree that we MUST have RAW shipped by November, so we can catch the Christmas shopping season." Everyone at the table has agreed, product management, marketing, and of course engineering. Misgivings are left unsaid, concerns are glossed over.
It is absolute heresy here to suggest slipping the launch date until the product is truly ready for use.
Now it's October 15. "Wow. Engineering says we are behind schedule. What do we do?" After much discussion, everyone agrees that the November release will be called a "pre-release." That way, everyone can get their bonuses and raises based on meeting the target date, and they can still continue development. Only problem: No one in that meeting truly spoke for customers, like you. And by publishing the list of known bugs, the company absolves itself of responsibility if users trip over these bugs. "We told you!! Didn't you read our list?"
Marketing blogs that there will be a new release every month. Again, everyone feels good, because the customer expectation problem is being "managed." Except customers are annoyed at having to "re-learn" the product every month and take advantage of the new features to improve photos already processed.
This situation is more or less the reality with any large piece of software. That is why so many software products arrive late (but more or less functional). There is an old IT saying, "Never upgrade to the new version of Windows until the first Service Pack. (collection of patches)."
I hope ON1 succeeds here, if only to give Adobe some more serious competition, and I hope that someone (else) creates a complementary DAM that is both easy to use and is an effective competitor to the Library module.