Alright -- I got it. The culprit was the progressbar expanding to enormous size. I've fixed in CVS HEAD and I'm attaching the patch here in case you wanted to patch earlier versions.
** Attachment added: "Fixes giant ImageBrowser window" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/21108748/giant_window_patch.diff -- web import: pix chooser window incredibly large https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/315847 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs