Keywording Enhancement

Question

Hi,
having keywords is the "key" to have a powerful database.
The keyword abilities in LR are good, but after working with them, I just have recognized what a high potential they have to be best.
So my feature (wish) request would be:
1. Speed up performance if assigning keywords. My LR database has (only) 1500 photos, but giving them keywords brings the computer to it's borders sometimes. I do not know, what LR is doing, but my 2-processor 3gig machine is just running at 100% when just assigning about 10 keywords (or sometimes just 1).
2. Keyword sets: Keyword Sets are limited to 9. If you work serious with them, it might be possible, that 9 aren't enough. Also a better manager / editor for them would be helpful (at least for changing existing ones)
3. An enhanced editor for sub-grouping keywords / making hierarchies.
If the keyword list is long, sub grouping seems to be a mass. (Or I just did not figure out, how do do it easier).
Example: 100 keywords. A keyword starting with A should be dragged and dropped to a keyword (as a sub keyword) starting with Z. So if the Z-Entry is not visible (because out of screen), the drag functionality does not supports scrolling down.
4. Foreign character support for (French) accents
E.g. if I would like to type in "café" which has a accent on its e, you normally will hit the accent key and then the "e" which brings up an "é". If i enter a keyword and just touch the accent key, LR makes the following "´´" (which are two accents). There is no chance to bring an "e" to it. I have tried the other letter/accent combinations as well. E.g. "ô" isn't possible because just hitting the ^-key leads to ^^ output.
5. This is my most important feature request for keywording
Make selecting keywords (in the left section) not OR selections but AND selections. (or bring it as an option).
This means: If you have two keywords e.g. "outdoor" and "rain" and you just select both, then you will get all outdoor shoots and all rain shoots (as well as the sunny outdoor shoots). If you just want (and this is my intention by selecting more than one keyword) to get just the rainy outdoor photos, you can't do this with keywords (only with the search function as I figured out yet).
This feature is a must have for me as this was the function I loved in my old software (used before the decision was made to switch over to LR)

Answer 1

Hi,
thanks for the link Don. I will check the FAQs there. But actually I ) had to stop working with LR's library / keywording functionality as it is impossible to work with.
I am looking seriously for an alternative to my existing one as a photograph to optimize/speed-up my workflow with one solution. But using the LR library's functionality slows down - no - stops the worklow at all.
Adding new photos to the (only) 1500 images sizes large library, assigning new keywords IS A PAIN at all. Giving keywords to one or more images stops the whole LR for seconds. It is not possible to quickly assign keywords (which should be done in seconds in my opinion). E.g. If adding 20 photos (which goes fast) and then assigning keywords to it (about 10 keywords per photos) it takes about 10 minutes to finish this step because LR tooks so long. The 10 keywords are not the same for all photos. If assigning a bunch to all in one step would not be a problem. But either this step tooks time.
It seems like that if the database is growing, it tooks a long time (whyever) if new keywords are added.
I just have started to migrate my old database (which contains about 12000 photos and designs) but if I looking in the future, it is impossible to use LR anylonger as it already now takes too long.
Greets
John