Management

If a Gallery movie bears an Administrative ID, when it is downloaded in the Timeline, a "trash can" icon will dynamically appear above of such timeline (on the left of the "sound" symbol). See FIG. 14. This means the movie is manageable by its owner (or by someone who has the administrative privilege to it). The "trash" icon is a "delete" button for the administrator of the movie to remove it from the Gallery. When it is clicked, an alert screen will come up asking for a positive ID for administrative privilege. If you are that someone with proper privilege, enter your ID (both your e-mail and the password of the movie) in the appropriate fields and press "REMOVE" button. If your ID is authenticated positively, the selected movie will be removed permanently from the Gallery. You'll see the list empties the selected item instantaneously and the Timeline turns blank. If the authentication fails, the removal request will be denied and nothing will happen to the selected Gallery movie.

The Moral: Keep your "Administrative ID" (the combination of "e-mail" and "password") to yourself, and always SAVE a copy of your movie locally before you post it to the Gallery. While you may want to give the "password" to people you wish to share your movie with, DON'T give out the "e-mail" that is associated with such movie at the same time unless it's necessary. Because Grandma might end up deleting your masterpiece, accidentally.



Privacy and Security

In an effort to strike a balance between enhanced communal application and user privacy, careful measures have been taken in implementing Gallery's user file management system.

E-mail Aliasing

Both in the Gallery listing and on the e-mail messaging screen, author's e-mail address is deliberately "concealed" from viewer at all time while maintaining its intended mailing function. That is, when someone clicks on your "author name" from the Gallery to send you a message, he or she won't see your actual e-mail address appeared in the "Email to:" field of the messaging screen, only your "author name" (which can be of any nickname you choose at the time of posting). However your designated e-mail address is already embedded with your "author name". So that, as long as user doesn't make any change to the default value, message will always be sent to you as intended. Of course one can always scratch out the default value in the "Email to:" field and replace it with an e-mail address. In that case the e-mail will be sent to whatever mail destination user specifies.

Encryption

For added security and better usability, both your e-mail and password are encrypted at the time of your posting. This is to provide a general peace of mind for you to communicate and share personal assets with others in the Gallery. But bear in mind that Gallery is primarily designed for common communication purpose, not for strict security consideration. While a fair level of encryptive measures have been applied to the system, Gallery is NOT intended for exchanging highly sensitive or confidential materials. Use common sense and precaution when posting and exchanging your "private" contents in the Gallery.