We launched Windows Live Gallery's latest release today. In this release we have made a number of improvements to the site. Here is a quick run down of these updates:

• User interface improvements

o Based on your feedback, the submit page for item types has been updated to be cleaner and easier to follow. You can see the Web gadgets submit page here (you need to sign in first)

o We have divided My Profile page into two separate but logical parts.

1. First is the Your Gallery (you need to sign in first) page which lets you view/update your contributions to Gallery. The “Your Gallery” link is located in the left hand navigation of the main page
2. Second is the Options (you need to sign in first) page, which lets you update Gallery specific settings. The “Options”  link is located in the upper right hand corner of every page

o Gallery specific Help link is now located next to the Options link in the upper right hand corner of every page

o Our search box allows you the choice of "Search Gallery" or "Web"

o Gallery’s main page has a rotating section with information about the different items showcased on Gallery.

• Search macro improvements – We got a lot of user input that the Title of a shared macro was not very user friendly. Now when you create a search macro and share with Gallery, we fill the Title in the submit page with the friendly name you specified for the macro. Also you can try out the macro before adding it to your live.com page.
• Feedback form updates – The feedback form for Gallery now has a "Type of feedback" drop down. This helps us better categorize feedback. Once you are done with the feedback page, it will return you to the Gallery.
• System Requirements - On each item’s detail page you will see a "system requirements" section. This section helps you see what additional requirements are required to run an item properly.
• Reasons for Item not accepted - By popular demand, Gallery is now showing the automated rejection reasoning for a contributor’s item submission. Contributors will see this information in the rejection email they receive for an item submitted.

We really hope you like the work we have done for this release. Let us know what you think by sending us feedback.

The Windows Live Gallery Team