"The first thing I do when I import my photos is to tag them with key words so that I can always find them later, using the quick search function. Trust me, being able to tag my photos is GOLD – I take a lot of pictures, and I’m terribly disorganized! In Windows Photo Gallery, I can tag each photo individually with one or more keywords, or I can tag multiple photos at the same time. I can also give each photo a caption. Some people may still want to meticulously file their photos in various folders, and Windows Photo Gallery will support folder views but now that I can tag my photos, I don’t think I’ll ever use multiple folders again. All my photos will be in one big pile, because now I know I can always find the one I want! Of course I can also now find my photos by the date they were taken, which will be useful when I’m looking for photos of, say, holiday celebrations with my family."
This is a nice overview of the Windows Photo Gallery, a new program that comes with Vista. I've played with it a bit on the beta of Vista I have, and it's fast and easy to use (I haven't loaded it up with all my photos yet though). It's no Picasa, but it's close. ;-) The screenshots are broken in the comments view, so you'll have to look
at the front page to see them.
Consumer Photo Features in Windows Vista
Linear Mode
