Regarding notifications etc, I have just turned off my PC and am now using an iPad for the evening. The set of buttons which include the notifications don't appear on the tablet as they do on the PC! So in order to see if anyone has commented I have to open the image. It doesn't matter much to me but as all these changes were meant to make RR tablet and phone friendly it seems a little odd.
Any way, I am thrilled that I managed to upload an image with the advent of the bigger pixel size, and I now eagerly await the auto thumbs.
Btw I asked a question in the wrong thread on the photography forum which I'll ask again here.

I subscribed to Gallery plus in order to upload more than one a day, and have been paying monthly so to do. Is this still necessary?
Thankyou for all your responses, so reassuring!