PaintShop Photo Pro X3 - Borders on Unusable

Version Reviewed (i.e. PaintShop Photo Pro X3): 

Approximate Date of Purchase: 

My Review 

The organizer is slow. It seems that every time one goes to a folder with photos it scans the folder and generates thumbnail over and over again instead of generating previews and storing them in a cache the way Adobe Bridge does.

Every time I go to a folder with photos (about 200 photos I've just downloaded from a camera) PSP hangs and is not responsive for quite some time. Adobe Bridge gives you some thumbnails nearly immediately and even though it initially also takes a time to generate previews it caches them so next time it displays them immediately.

The PSP borders on unusable for any serious photo work.

Best Attribute: 

Okay for basic editing of small pictures.

Worst Attribute: 

Slow. Very slow. So slow that it is unusable.

In what ways do you use PaintShop? 

Photo editing and organizing.

How long have you used PaintShop? 

System Running PaintShop: 

Win 7 64bit, 8GB RAM, Intel i5

Would you recommend this to a friend?