Module development and code questions

I recently added Image Assist to my test site.

However, it appears to work somewhat clunky. Adding a picture in a story opens a new window where you have to start all over. And uploading an image to use is strange- the split screen makes it difficult to see or scroll to find options.

Basically what I need is for a person to write a story, and simply have a button to upload image to be placed in the text.

Does this exist?

Someone has already been looking for this: http://drupal.org/node/17820

Here is what I need. I need a computer illiterate client to be able, when creating a node, to check a box that says "use password protection on this page", and then enter a password. Anyone then trying to view that node will be prompted with a password, and if they enter it the node will appear; if they don't they will get a 403. That is all.

Are there plans to create a search module that supports similarity searches, ie allows slight misspellings? And if this is already planned or being developed, will this be a new module or an extension of search.module?

I tried CategoryThe Category module, both 4.7.0 and CVS, do strange things when converting existing stuff in Drupal 4.7.x. There are many options in the Category module Vocabulary import and Book import. Can those options be set to change the current behaviour the following way?

I recently installed votingapi in my modules.

When I go to the main page with stories or click on a story, there is no option to vote. Did I miss something?

Thanks

Can anyone help me modify this form_textfield from 4.6 to 4.7?

I know that there's a standard formupdater from lullabot that I've used, but I don't think it applies in this case.

So if anyone has any ideas or help, it would be much appreciated.

Thanx.

Albert