Features:

- Preloads main images. You can see this by the Alpha of the Thumb nail. if you watch the thumbnails, they are slightly faded out to start with, and fade in. The fading in is indicative of the main image loading.

- XML is reading Exif/Iptc JPG meta data for the comments.

- The XML is an argument passed in, so you can have dynamic/static XML depending on your setup. (You'd need to use my CF XML to get the Meta-data functionality!)

- Main images loading is staggered, meaning it doesn't attempt to load all of them at the same time.

Plans:

- Stagger the thumbnail loading

- write self contained application using CF to manage the photos (if I do this, I will host the project @ www.riaforge.com)

- Learn PaperVision3D and use 3D to display thumbs and use 3D in transitions (lots of learning required to do this!)

Credits:

The gallery uses SimpleViewer XML format (with permission, thank you Felix!)
The reasons for this are:

- It's a good format. While is does have attributes i won't use, the format is easy to understand

- I use SimpleViewer, so means I can use the same underlying XML for either Gallery, which means if some one has options of 2 different galleries with the one XML format.

Reflection of thumbsnails use http://blog.wrench.com.au/2006/07/08/live-reflection-component-with-a-twist/