Talk:Windows Live Photo Gallery

Screenshot

Since the product is now released and available for beta testers to download, can someone please take a better screenshot of the product in Windows Vista (that has the Aero as actually transparent - similar to the screenshot for Windows Live OneCare)? Thanks! --Pikablu0530 12:23, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

Windows Live Photo Gallery, not Windows Live Gallery

Hi everyone.

May I suggest there be some corrections of the wording on this article? There are references to "Windows Live Gallery" which is a different product than "Windows Live Photo Gallery".

BTW, I am the lead PM for Windows Live Gallery.

Thanks!

Chris Butler MSFT 17:52, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

Done, thanks for pointing that out. --soum ^talk 18:04, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

Issues

Considering that the issue is with Windows Home Server and that too non-WLPG-specific but with WHS' support for editing NTFS ADS on shares, I think it does not belong here but in the WHS article. I suggest it be moved. --soum ^talk 11:43, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

Features

The article states: "Windows Live Photo Gallery includes all the features of Windows Photo Gallery in Windows Vista"

This is not correct. WPG can organise/select photos according to Rating. WLPG does not have this feature.

Gcoupe (talk) 12:25, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

It can now, as seen in their blog. Click on the stars to filter and click on the group "n-Stars (n items)" to select. Right click and select "Arrange By => Ratings" to organise by rating. 218.102.78.88 (talk) 04:32, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

Proposed move or merger with Windows Photo Gallery

Microsoft decided to release a new version of Windows Live Photo Gallery (and Movie Maker) today, which they have rebranded Windows Photo Gallery (and Windows Movie Maker). Coincidentally, Windows Photo Gallery and Windows Movie Maker were what they were called back in the Windows Vista (or even XP) days. This causes several questions:

1. Should we move Windows Live Photo Gallery and Windows Live Movie Maker to Windows Photo Gallery and Windows Movie Maker respectively?
2. If so, what should we do with the existing Windows Photo Gallery and Windows Movie Maker articles, which relates to the applications included in Windows Vista (or XP)? Should we merge the articles together so it contains all the information from both articles?

--Damaster98 (talk) 01:57, 8 August 2012 (UTC)

How about renaming the Windows Live versions as Photo Gallery and Movie Maker, as the programs are titled without branding for icons and windows? It could be added that they are officially known as Windows Photo Gallery etc, and we could have links at the top of each article to say that, for example, Windows Live Movie Maker redirects here, and not to be confused with Windows Movie Maker, the program available in earlier versions of Windows. Cloudbound (talk) 17:24, 8 August 2012 (UTC)

Would Photo Gallery and Movie Maker be too generic? Per WP:TITLE "Article titles should be recognizable to readers, unambiguous, and consistent with usage in reliable English-language sources." If you do a Google search for Photo Gallery I'm sure you'll get a lot more hits unrelated to Windows Live Photo Gallery or Windows Photo Gallery. The same reason why we have Microsoft Office and Microsoft Windows rather than just Office and Windows. --Damaster98 (talk) 08:32, 9 August 2012 (UTC)

Perhaps, although the icons are titled as Photo Gallery and Movie Maker, as are the open windows of the programs themselves. It is only when I access the 'About' screen that the full title is displayed. I think that having the correct redirects and notices at the top of the articles in place would suffice, but I'd welcome suggestions. Cloudbound (talk) 16:00, 9 August 2012 (UTC)