I've been thinking about doing the cookie thing, but haven't done more than think about it so far. I'll add it to the to do list.
If I understand your second point correctly, it's already done. If you set ubb_member_upload=1 in your album.cfg, then each member can only upload into their own personal directory (created on the fly, if not already there). However, if you set ubb_member_upload=0, then users can upload into any directory under your album.
As for control panel integration, I may end up creating a config screen (like album.pl?function=config) but probably won't link it into the UBB control panel. I still want it to be able to stand alone, since a number of sites use it without a UBB.
Anyway, thanks for the feedback, let me know if I mis-understood your second point.
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