Summer 2025 Enhancements (July 2, v16)
New: Sharing Enhancements
We've rolled out significant improvements to sharing: The share recipient will see a gorgeous new gallery view, and we're giving you more control via sort and delete options.
- The Shared View
What the recipient sees when you share has been standardized for a cleaner, more intuitive experience. For a complete overview of the recipient's view, please see our Knowledge Base article.

- New Share Sort Order
Images within a Share are now sorted in the order they were selected. Previously, they were sorted by their add date to DBGallery, which could feel random. This change gives you control over the order the share viewers see your images.
- Ability to Delete a Share
You can now delete a share after it has been created. This is especially useful if you've sent out a link with a mistake, or you want to later add or remove an image. You may now delete the share and create a new one with the same name. Because the URL will have the same name, when the URL previously sent is clicked it will open the new share.
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Related: Back in v14 we added an amazing Share Management page. Consider reviewing that feature under Tools | Share Management, or visiting the Share Management section of the Sharing knowledgebase page.
Improved: Preview Performance
A large number of performance optimizations have been implemented for the image previewer. These changes are primarily focused on improving the viewing experience over slow or high-latency network connections, making DBGallery faster and more responsive no matter where you are.
Fixed: Smaller Improvements & Fixes<
- Facial Recognition Outlines: The bounding boxes for facial recognition in the Preview's "People" panel have been fixed and are now accurately displayed.
- "Image Not Available" Errors: We have greatly reduced the occurrences of the "image not available" message. While not entirely eliminated, you should encounter this issue far less frequently.
- Expanded Data in Gallery View: Large text fields, such as Descriptions and OCR text, will now correctly display in the data areas beneath thumbnails in the main gallery view when the field is configured to show there.
- Image Versioning: When uploading a new version of an image, the preview will now immediately show the new version. The old behavior of requiring a manual refresh of the page has been corrected.
