For next release ( 0.2):

  * implement extended selection in ubox.c
  * continue the implementation of the gui for the database ( in gimdb.c)
  * add support for tiled images (in image.c). the tiff library suggests this.
  * add support for xpm, png, tiff and gif (if there's no problems with the license)
  * add some configuration options, command line switches. 
  * add file sorting to the ImageBrowser ( sort by date, name, ..., don't sort)

  * database :
	* deal with database structure alignement
	* make the database portable ( deal with bigendian and littleendian processors.
	is there something else ?)
	* implement *_dump functions in imdb.c to convert a binary database to a text file
	* implement "undump" functions in imdb.c to make a binary database from 
	a text file.

Later :

	* add scripting support for guile ?
	* add functions to read & write comments found in jpeg, png files ?
	* drag & drop
	* extend "imdb" so that databases can contain image's preview too.
	* support for more graphics formats
	* allow the user to make previews of a set of images and save it has an index.