Just wanted to say that I am glad Erick and his team (Photocrati) took over NextGen in order to continue maintaining it and introduce new features over time: thank you to them and they will continue to have my support, especially they do care passionately about the end product - as evidenced by the open letter.

I would note that - as a big fan of Alex Rabe, the original creator of NextGen and depending on how much the code base of NextGen has changed - the word 'developer' or 'author' in the post title may possibly be a bit more apt than 'creator'? Just at thought :)