Things that should be in the next update... please don't wait for 2.0

Question

I've been using adobe products a long time and I have to say that I am a little disappointed there has not been more thought put into things that should just work in a v1 product.
Here is the list:
Ingest window should be able to be able to take up the full screen.  At a minimum, it should remember the last size. My paths get somewhat long and this is very frustrating to continually have to resize the window or panes every time I ingest.
Ingest should put the files in the bin selected when I hit ingest.  It always puts them at the root.  To make matters worse, keyboard shortcuts that are used to select files in almost any program like SHIFT+HOME do not work.  I have to click, scroll to the bottom and shift click the last file to select a range.  Then drag all the clips to the target bin.  Borrow the code from Premiere
Keyboard shortcuts for clip navigation.  Logging clips with keyboard shortcuts is a godsend and this is one thing that I love about Prelude.  Anyone who has to do a lot of logging will tell you these keyboard shortcuts are imperative to a smooth workflow.  This is especially true if you have to log hundreds of clips like I do.  Next clip, previous clip when editing from the navigation tree or in a roughcut would be extremely helpful.  If I am in a roughcut, I can easily get into a clip, but not back out to the roughcut where I was.  The only way I have found is to click on the roughcut name in the timeline window.
Re-linking moved media - FAIL.  Since this product is supposed to let different people log media, it seems crazy that the program can not re-link it.  Very few people in this world store there files in the same absolute path.
Lack of updates.  Makes me wonder if Adobe is committed to this product.  Having a really long time between iterations is hard on your users.  At this point I have no clue if any of these features will ever be added.
I have spent a lot of time in this program and it is on the verge of being great.  I personally think that before you start adding new features, you should fix some of the things that make it hard to use.

Answer 1

Thank you for your post and your passion for Prelude. Input from customers like you is how we can improve out product.
I do have a few comments and questions for you about your experience. Also, many of the items you have listed are already part of Prelude.
Replies to your list:
1.  The Ingest Dialog can be sized to fill your entire screen. Simply drag-drop the edges to resize. This size is also remembered on subsequent launches. This has been in the product for quite some time – what version of Prelude are you running? Currently we have made the following releases: Prelude 1.0, 1.01, 1.02 and 1.03. Our v2.0 has been announced and revealed at NAB last week and is coming out soon with many more enhancements and improvements. Rest assured that Adobe is committed to this product – as you will see with this new release.
2.  Ingesting into the selected BIN is part of our upcoming release that was revealed at NAB. I'm currently on a Mac so cannot test the SHIFT+HOME shortcut, but Prelude does support CTRL/SHIFT selection options to make selection easier. I'll look into the HOME and END options as well. If they are missing we certainly want them added.
3.  Glad you find the keyboard driven workflow beneficial. We had a lot of customer feedback early in our 1.0 days that this was a must. Adding support for clip selection in the Project Panel to open and log clips is something in our backlog we would also like to deliver because as you say it is very useful and saves time. We are also reviewing our Clip/Roughcut UI and workflow. Don't have anything to report yet other than this is an area we are focusing on.
4.  Relinking is possible in Prelude 1.03. We've added additional relinking support in our 2.0 that provides relinking in rough cuts as well. If you are not yet on 1.03 please use the free update and let us know how it works for you.
5.  As mentioned above, we have 3 updates posted last year for our 1.0. And 2.0 is coming out soon.
Please continue to share with us your thoughts and ideas for improving Prelude. We have an aggressive feature TODO list but are always looking for more direct input to help us properly prioritize what's part of our next delivery.
Thanks!
Michael