[support] image module and upgrade path

[Ivan Sergio Borgonovo]

I've an old D5 web site that I simply use to take technical notes to
share with others and a small image gallery of places I've seen that
was built with image module.

D5 image module is missing some feature that I'd find useful. Namely
I'd like what it consider "original" to be resized anyway.

Furthermore image looks as it is in a permanent dev state and it
doesn't have a recent stable version for D6.

I was wondering if someone has an upgrade path to suggest.

I'm ready to reload all the few images I've published with image
with another module even if there is no upgrade path but I'm still
looking for a good suggestion for an image gallery.
These are a few features I'd appreciate:
- easy resize
- thumbnails
- access control (some images should be available just to certain
  roles)
- title and comments for each image
- previous/next
- integration with taxonomy

thanks

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Ivan Sergio Borgonovo
http://www.webthatworks.it