We recently upgraded the top developers on Windows Live Gallery to the silver tier. The most obvious indication of this is the silver medal that now appears in front of their name:

This provides them with recognition and also gives users greater confidence that items from this developer are of a higher quality.

Here are some of the people who made the cut:

• Intelligroup
• Labpixies
• SFKilla
• Todd
• Donavon

 Although the silver tier is not limited to gadget developers. Gadgets are the most popular items right now, so the results seem to be skewed towards those item types.

If you want to break into this elite group of developers, submit your items now and build up your reputation. A good reputation is like money in the bank.

For new developers, our dev center is a great starting point.