It’s nice to see that Aperture will be getting some competition from Adobe/Macromedia Lightroom, but there are a few things missing even from Lightroom’s beta.
Where is the crop tool? I almost always crop an image before I print it or put it on the web.
Where is red-eye reduction or basic retouching? Even iPhoto has these functions, and I often need them since my Nikon D70’s built-in flash often gives dismal red-eye.
I like how Lightroom is willing to use my photo files as I’ve laid them out on my filesystem; I like to organize my photos on disk by roll or shoot, but then I don’t have a good way to browse the whole library. Lightroom or Aperture, after a few much-needed patches, could help solve this problem.