newest NextGEN gallery is virtually unuseable

Since upgrading to the recent new NextGEN, which changed the look of the plugin–and even after the update yesterday, if I’m lucky, I can post ONE photo into a blog or onto one of my web pages if NextGEN doesn’t crash while i’m going through the steps. If I succeed and attempt to add another photo, it’s all over. WordPress crashes. Then it takes me at least 4 attempts to sign back into wordpress. So I’ve been adding a picture, saving as a draft, exiting wordpress, signing back in, adding the next picture, etc., etc.

Also, the “center” button when i chose a photo is no longer centering the photo within my post once it’s live. It stays flush left. I have to click on the center button in the toolbar above my post to center pictures.

Also, since updating to the new NextGEN, my hyperlink buttons have gone gray and are unusable.

I’ve also noticed that some of the images I’ve been able to upload into my gallery appear to have loaded TWICE even though I only uploaded them once.

Are these problems the same as others are having, and does anyone know if they are being addressed in an (hopefully asap) update? I’m virtually unable to use add new posts to my blog at this point because of this problem.

Thanks in advance.

http://wordpress.org/plugins/nextgen-gallery/