What the TOS says to me (and this is my personal interpretation): If I post anything, including my name/username, my exchange list, my photos and some 'personal website' I create on "My Page" here as well as entries to any Forum, iVillage can use it and I cannot expect to be paid for such use. They can quote me. They can move my photo from some gallery to some other spot. I can still sell my own work to somebody else, if it were that good. So could they. If I post somebody else's work, I am telling iVillage that I have a right to it and they can use it. If the real owner comes forward to claim ownership and demand pay, iV believes Real Owner should sue me, not iV because I implied I had a right to it, which right I gave to iV when I posted it. Anybody who copies my prattle, photos, et al here may use it for pleasure with iV's blessing, but not for gain. You can't put my personal Daylily photo on your e-bay site without permission but you can put my dog's photo on your personal website because he's cute -- as long as you aren't using his picture to promote some homemade dog biscuits you're selling. You can quote my funny story in your family newsletter, but not sell it to Reader's Digest. IMHO, that's what the TOS means to say. Now, here's my real question: If we post to this new gallery, can we then link to it using 'img src=' the way we use photohosting sites now to put said photo in our posts? Otherwise, what is the purpose? Nell

It seems like I'm in the minority here with a really bad dial-up connection. Even when the Standout Plant thread was only 5 replies long, after 20 minutes it still hadn't finished loading. I appreciate all the thoughtful replies and have noticed the increased use of thumbnails which helps a lot. They may not show the full glory, but give a hint and allow me to choose what to view full-size. I think the trick to using a Gallery is twofold: if you know you're about to start a photo-heavy thread, post the photo(s) first in gallery using the same subject you'll use in the discussion side (or something close, e.g., "My Standout Plant"), then cut & paste a link to that gallery thread on the discussion thread using the Optional Link URL. I also hang out on the Cottage forum which does have a gallery, and what seems to work well is to post one pic in a conversation or discussion thread, but for something like "my vacation" or "our renovation" use the gallery. Just for kicks, I opened Standout Plant, now at 40 replies, with nothing else accessing the internet, as I wrote this offline at a low-use time of day on my ISP server. Took 45 minutes to see all that inspiration. Yes terrene, that Mozilla tip is great. On old computer I had Opera which had a convenient 'Show Images' toggle on the toolbar. On new laptop, I use Mozilla's Firefox, hadn't yet found that option (Tools-Options-Content-Load Images) Thanks! It'll take a few more clicks to turn off and on, but will allow me to keep up with what's going on. Meanwhile, it really helps when posters include a brief description of their photo in the text portion. Thanks to everyone for keeping the overhead size of pix in mind, Ana

Unfortunately, there is not something like the FKB for finished houses. Starpooh is the one who came up with the Kitchen gallery and she spends a huge amount of time keeping it up. No one really uses the Gallery here on Building a Home. If you scroll back through the regular postings and look for subject lines that say "I'm done, Finally Finished, Home pics etc" You'll see quite a few but it's not easy to pull them all up at once like the FKB. I wish there were such an option but I don't know anyone who is willing to take on such a huge responsibility like Starpooh did.

Yes if you buy a better video card you will no doubt get a better picture. But as was noted above, no point spending money on a 5 year old computer if you plan on replacing it in the near future.