I'd really like to see a caption field that would stay attached to the image, the thumbnail, and the larger version. It doesn't have to be formatted, just a place to let some text tag along in <p> tags. Also a way to link the image back to the post it goes with or to offer that link in the caption field. (We will never use an image more than once.)

It's a bit frustrating to see a lovely page of thumbnails and have no idea what's happening in the photos, or who the people may be, and have no way to find out without scrolling through months of blog posts.

I'd be grateful for even a rudimentary way to do this soon.

If you're including images via a template, you can do this:

<MTAssets>
<img src="<MTAssetThumbnailURL width='250' />" alt="<MTAssetLabel>"/>
<h3><MTAssetLabel></h3>
<MTAssetDescription>
</MTAssets>

But if you're just pulling an image in to an entry, I don't know how to bring the description along too. That would be really helpful.

I really want it to link back to the post, which gives the context. It was explained to me that re-use was a big deal, and linking to multiple posts would be a problem, but, in reality, one fully explained use works better for blogging. Let the image take me back to the entry.

Thanks for your template code. I have to think about how using it only on the thumbnail gallery would work. It could be ugly icicles of text if bloggers get wordy. Descriptions might be out.