Adobe Bridge to nowhere

Missing big time from Adobe MAX: Adobe Bridge. What will it be? Upgrade it or terminate it?
I’d really like to know what will happen to Adobe Bridge, probably the worst product Adobe has ever produced. Sadly, there is nothing else comparable elsewhere, and so I must use it constantly.
I’ve learned to put up with its sluggish++ performance, reliable ability to crash 10+ times a day and the painful building and re-buildings and re-re-building of its cache.
For I long while I used Extensis Portfolio (the Old Macromedia/Adobe "Fetch") but the stand-alone version of that App has been replaced by a new “server” version that, at $2K per license, is unjustifiably expensive.
Adobe Bridge, then, has NO competition and, at the same time, it barely works …
So, can anyone offer a slight glimpse of hope for the future? (No, Lightroom, does not cut it as it only deals with raster images)
Will Adobe fix Bridge or is it, ultimately, a "Bridge to nowhere"?
Thank you.
A.C.
San Jose, CA

I have had Bridge from CS4 to the present CC and have not experienced multiple crashes in a day. I use it on the PC and Mac. I'm thinking there are other factors involved. Aside from prefs, there are startup scripts and other things you need to investigate. I wonder if it's just doing this on your one machine or several.
I suspect something is making it a mad skunk, and finding out what is going can get you back on track. You will also need to check with the Bridge forum and talk with experienced forum members who can assist you far better. Here's the link.
Bridge General Discussion
We are users like yourself and it's better to get help than to wait for Adobe to address and code a new version of Bridge that may still have problems on your setup.

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