This release fixes an embarrassing issue with uploading photos, which was introduced when I implemented the feature for previewing albums. Now it looks like the code is stable, however, please let me know if you encounter any issues. The sooner you report your issues the sooner they will be fixed.

This release fixes the error message that appears when using “Check for Updates” and adds a new option to preview the selected album in the web browser.

The screen shots below illustrate the recently added features:

Automatic Update Checking

To enable the option for automatic checking for plug-in updates, go to the Plug-in Manager (Ctrl+Alt+Shift+,) and select MobileMe Gallery in the list of installed plug-ins on the left-hand side. The Plug-in Info panel on the right-hand side will display the MobileMe Gallery Export Plug-in status information.

Select the Check for updates automatically check box:

Previewing Selected Album

After you choose an album from the Existing Album drop-down menu, you can open that album in the web browser by clicking the Preview Album button located below the album thumbnail:

This release addresses the issue with “Check for Updates” not reporting available updates. Also, implemented a new option for automatic checking for updates when you open the export dialog.

This update fixes issues with uploading photos cased by recent changes to the upload mechanism implemented by CVS Photo Lab. However, these changes are either incomplete or just buggy – you can’t upload to an existing album, even using their web interface – the upload is always directed to “Today’s Album”. Let’s see how soon they fix that. Until this is fixed, the plug-in is going to behave similar, unfortunately.

This release addresses several issues introduced in version 1.2:

• Fixed the issue with photos being sent to the wrong album when you upload to one of existing albums after uploading to a new album.
• The “You are not connected to the server” message no longer appears when the connection is actually established.
• “Export with Previous” behaved unpredictably in some situations.

Now you can specify various options when creating new albums – these are exactly the same options that you can set using the My Gallery web site:

• Allow downloading of photos, movies or entire album
• Allow uploading of photos or movies via web browser
• Allow adding of photos via email or iPhone
• Show photo titles
• Show email address for uploading photos
• Hide album on my Gallery page

This update fixes the authentication issue when the default language in your me.com account is other than English. Also, now you can control output sharpening, metadata, and add watermarks to exported photos.

A complete list of changes can be found in the Version History section on the plug-in home page.

To keep things interesting, I am releasing this plug-in under the Shareware license. If you are running an unregistered copy, you will be limited to upload only 10 photos at a time. To remove this limitation, a registration fee of $15 is required (per single user).

Here is the link to the plug-in home page: MobileMe Gallery Plug-in

This update fixes a rather weird issue with being unable to log in, which affected only certain users. If you are getting a “Unable to parse server response” message after clicking “Log In”, you should download this update.