First, yes. But MC's capabilities may be extended.
MC is a media manager, but why not a file manager or an information manager?
Not sure if this is a joke or not?
I really hope so because I dont want one app to do it all.
I want an app that does want I want it to and does it VERY well.
I want buttons and tools to manage my images and those buttons and tools and a layout that suits them ARE NOT the same buttons and tools that I want to organise my phone list or address book with.
I dont see Adobe trying to make photoshop store my contacts phone numbers or manage my emails.
To me the relation between my contacts and my music / images is so far apart I cant even see why you would consider this??
I've been trying to decide whether to move to MC for my image management from Photoshop Elements and was nearly about to make the move even though in my opinion MC has a LONG way to go before I would consider it 'there' for managing images and if you were serious about this comment then please say because then I will have my answer and I will avoid moving to MC to manage my images and you obviously wont have the spare development time left to actually 'finish' MC's image functionality.
In my opinion, if you want to get MC to THE point where it is THERE (ie finished and you can start worrying about moving it in random other directions) then you need to just sit down and 'finish' each area.
Start a big discussion about each point in MC one by one, get all the users feedback, desires, etc and listen and actually finish each area.
I have seen a million requests and begs for things in theatre view from users over the years for features they would kill for MC to have or that it is just lacking and they have still never appeared no matter how overwhelming a majority of users have backed up the idea.
MC for images is still hugely lacking and unpolished and missing a lot. An image thumbnail is great, for audio all you want is to see a picture of a cover, you're not AS bothered about inline editing of information. For photos however I want to just be able to click on the 'comment' tag under the pic and edit it right there.
I would LOVE to be able to upload along with my photos to facebook, all the users in a pic (not sure if this is possible, but if it is, it would be a killer feature that would set MC way ahead of other apps). Also, the upload to facebook is great that it is there but once you tell MC to start, thats it, you have no idea what is going on until some time later a box appears and says 'done'. The first time I did it I think I clicked it 3x because I didn't realise anything was happening.
Recently when I was sorting my images, I repeatedly had MC coming up and complaining about files it couldn't find it was trying to change tags on. I have no idea why on earth it was trying to change tags, I had no way of seeing what it was trying to do or of stopping it doing whatever it was trying to do.
The toolbar when viewing images fullscreen has nothing to do with images and just looks like a total hack job and looks like basically the top half of MC has been chopped off and displayed there. It isn't at all related really to the image infront of me or giving me any userful options for it - compare this to the toolbar in Adobe Photoshop Elements and you will see the HUGE lack of 'finish' that appears to be there in something as simple as a toolbar that is useful to making the job easy for me.
My point is, MC has a LOT of areas that need polishing and 'finishing' and I think users would care a LOT more about seeing this happen rather than seeing it pull up a list of friends phone numbers. If you really want to get MC there just finish each area that already exists instead of worrying about introducing yet more and never finishing those either.