Just out of curiosity, what made you choose PhotoFolio over Gallery? I've always figured Gallery was simply the best on-line system there was. Is PhotoFolio better?

I've looked at Gallery a couple of times, and two things always kept me away:

First, it seemed like a lot of work to set up, and pretty obtuse to run (whereas this is literally "drop files in directory, run a couple of scripts").

Second, gallery has always looked butt ugly to me, with no simple way to change the button styles or layout. That may be different in the current version, but that was the case the last time I looked.

Thanks for explaning your reasoning David. As for Gallery being butt ugly, the old version definately was. The new version offers better plug in architecture for templates, but it's still not able to compete with PhotoFolio for sheer eye candy.

Ah, see, here's where the fundamental laziness (that I always say is what makes me a good UI designer) kicks in -- as soon as you start mentioning plug in architectures, my eyes glaze over :-)

I want something that either starts out looking good, or is super easy to make look good using the tools I already know how to use.

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