We are really excited by the response of the community towards Windows Live Gallery. Not only are people actively engaged in posting reviews and tagging items, but a lot of you have also been busy submitting items for inclusion on the site. Since our launch, Gallery has posted over 1300 items contributed by the community. Most of our top downloads in each of the sections on Gallery are those created by the community. We are thrilled to see this kind of engagement and are developing a process to highlight community contributions.

To get the ball rolling, we have handpicked a few Web and Windows Vista Sidebar gadgets that caught our attention and put them in our Featured items module. They are:

1. Live Clock
2. GMT Clock
3. Hot or Not
4. Outlook Info
5. Media Player Shuffle Gadget

Take a look and see what you think of these items. If you find an item on the site you think should be featured, send us feedback. We would like to highlight popular, unusual, and interesting items from the community in other categories as well.  In addition, we are thinking about doing a contest for item creators on the site with winners getting featured status; do you like the idea?

As a member of the Gallery community, you and others like you have been indispensable in improving the site and making its content richer. Thanks and keep those submissions coming!

Junaid Basir - Program Manager