diff --git a/apps/gallery/templates/index.php b/apps/gallery/templates/index.php
index 7cc7dad3ac683720520644e7a739f4397708712c..1b8d53e82d4f176c9473137739dedac80319b4da 100644
--- a/apps/gallery/templates/index.php
+++ b/apps/gallery/templates/index.php
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ OC_Util::addScript('gallery', 'album_cover');
 $l = new OC_L10N('gallery');
 ?>
 
-<div id="notification"><div id="gallery_notification_text">Creating thumbnails</div></div>
 <div id="controls">
   <div id="scan">
     <div id="scanprogressbar"></div>
diff --git a/core/js/js.js b/core/js/js.js
index 61588f7a0f2f577dbd51b1ac38d459caca27344a..df1b5c6ce769f19c58a26035ba3d948176da2a34 100644
--- a/core/js/js.js
+++ b/core/js/js.js
@@ -125,7 +125,8 @@ OC={
 				OC.search.showResults(results);
 			});
 		}
-	}
+	},
+	dialogs:OCdialogs
 };
 OC.search.customResults={};
 OC.search.currentResult=-1;
diff --git a/core/js/oc-dialogs.js b/core/js/oc-dialogs.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..de67c342a71f42065e9dbfbff20d716d631563ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/js/oc-dialogs.js
@@ -0,0 +1,145 @@
+/**
+ * ownCloud
+ *
+ * @author Bartek Przybylski
+ * @copyright 2012 Bartek Przybylski bart.p.pl@gmail.com
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU AFFERO GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 3 of the License, or any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU AFFERO GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public
+ * License along with this library.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ * todo(bartek): add select option in form
+ */
+
+/**
+ * this class ease usage of jquery dialogs
+ */
+OCdialogs = {
+  /**
+   * displays alert dialog
+   * @param text content of dialog
+   * @param title dialog title
+   * @param callback which will be triggered when user press OK
+   */
+  alert:function(text, title, callback) {
+    var content = '<p><span class="ui-icon ui-icon-alert"></span>'+text+'</p>';
+    OCdialogs.message(content, title, OCdialogs.ALERT_DIALOG, OCdialogs.OK_BUTTON, callback);
+  },
+  /**
+   * displays info dialog
+   * @param text content of dialog
+   * @param title dialog title
+   * @param callback which will be triggered when user press OK
+   */
+  info:function(text, title, callback) {
+    var content = '<p><span class="ui-icon ui-icon-info"></span>'+text+'</p>';
+    OCdialogs.message(content, title, OCdialogs.ALERT_DIALOG, OCdialogs.OK_BUTTON, callback);
+  },
+  /**
+   * displays confirmation dialog
+   * @param text content of dialog
+   * @param title dialog title
+   * @param callback which will be triggered when user press YES or NO (true or false would be passed to callback respectively)
+   */
+  confirm:function(text, title, callback) {
+    var content = '<p><span class="ui-icon ui-icon-notice"></span>'+text+'</p>';
+    OCdialogs.message(content, title, OCdialogs.ALERT_DIALOG, OCdialogs.YES_NO_BUTTON, callback);
+  },
+  /**
+   * prompt for user input
+   * @param text content of dialog
+   * @param title dialog title
+   * @param callback which will be triggered when user press OK (input text will be passed to callback)
+   */
+  prompt:function(text, title, callback) {
+    var content = '<p><span class="ui-icon ui-icon-pencil"></span>'+text+':<br/><input type="text" id="oc-dialog-prompt-input" style="width:90%"></p>';
+    OCdialogs.message(content, title, OCdialogs.PROMPT_DIALOG, OCdialogs.OK_CANCEL_BUTTONS, callback);
+  },
+  /**
+   * prompt user for input with custom form
+   * fields should be passed in following format: [{text:'prompt text', name:'return name', type:'input type'},...]
+   * @param fields to display 
+   * @param title dialog title
+   * @param callback which will be triggered when user press OK (user answers will be passed to callback in following format: [{name:'return name', value: 'user value'},...])
+   */
+  form:function(fields, title, callback) {
+    var content = '<table>';
+    for (var a in fields) {
+      content += '<tr><td>'+fields[a].text+'</td><td>';
+      var type=fields[a].type;
+      if (type == 'text' || type == 'checkbox' || type == 'password')
+          content += '<input type="'+type+'" name="'+fields[a].name+'">';
+      content += "</td></tr>"
+    }
+    content += "</table>";
+    OCdialogs.message(content, title, OCdialogs.FORM_DIALOG, OCdialogs.OK_CANCEL_BUTTONS, callback);
+  },
+  message:function(content, title, dialog_type, buttons, callback) {
+    var c_name = 'oc-dialog-'+OCdialogs.dialogs_counter+'-content';
+    var c_id = '#'+c_name;
+    var d = '<div id="'+c_name+'" title="'+title+'">'+content+'</div>';
+    $('body').append(d);
+    var b = [];
+    switch (buttons) {
+      case OCdialogs.YES_NO_BUTTONS:
+        b[1] = {text: t('dialogs', 'No'), click: function(){ if (callback != undefined) callback(false); $(c_id).dialog('close'); }};
+        b[0] = {text: t('dialogs', 'Yes'), click: function(){ if (callback != undefined) callback(true); $(c_id).dialog('close');}};
+      break;
+      case OCdialogs.OK_CANCEL_BUTTONS:
+        b[1] = {text: t('dialogs', 'Cancel'), click: function(){$(c_id).dialog('close'); }};
+      case OCdialogs.OK_BUTTON: // fallthrough
+        var f;
+        switch(dialog_type) {
+          case OCdialogs.ALERT_DIALOG:
+            f = function(){$(c_id).dialog('close'); };
+          break;
+          case OCdialogs.PROMPT_DIALOG:
+            f = function(){OCdialogs.prompt_ok_handler(callback, c_id)};
+          break;
+          case OCdialogs.FORM_DIALOG:
+            f = function(){OCdialogs.form_ok_handler(callback, c_id)};
+          break;
+        }
+        b[0] = {text: t('dialogs', 'Ok'), click: f};
+      break;
+    }
+    $(c_id).dialog({width: 4*$(document).width()/9, height: $(d).height() + 150, modal: false, buttons: b});
+    OCdialogs.dialogs_counter++;
+  },
+  // dialogs buttons types
+  YES_NO_BUTTONS: 70,
+  OK_BUTTONS: 71,
+  OK_CANCEL_BUTTONS: 72,
+  // dialogs types
+  ALERT_DIALOG: 80,
+  INFO_DIALOG: 81,
+  PROMPT_DIALOG: 82,
+  FORM_DIALOG: 83,
+  dialogs_counter: 0,
+  determineValue: function(element) {
+    switch ($(element).attr('type')) {
+      case 'checkbox': return $(element).attr('checked') != undefined;
+    }
+    return $(element).val();
+  },
+  prompt_ok_handler: function(callback, c_id){callback(true, $(c_id + " input#oc-dialog-prompt-input").val()); $(c_id).dialog('close');},
+  form_ok_handler: function(callback, c_id) {
+    var r = [];
+    var c = 0;
+    $(c_id + ' input').each(function(i, elem) {
+      r[c] = {name: $(elem).attr('name'), value: OCdialogs.determineValue(elem)};
+      c++;
+    });
+    $(c_id).dialog('close');
+    callback(r);
+  }
+};
diff --git a/lib/base.php b/lib/base.php
index d4dbdcde9b6953bce22f8490a9e2fc9e35ea2466..c98477ce15c423deb1ddc6a294cf6a433a9accd0 100644
--- a/lib/base.php
+++ b/lib/base.php
@@ -268,6 +268,7 @@ class OC{
 		OC_Util::addScript( "jquery-showpassword" );
 		OC_Util::addScript( "jquery.infieldlabel.min" );
 		OC_Util::addScript( "jquery-tipsy" );
+		OC_Util::addScript( "oc-dialogs" );
 		OC_Util::addScript( "js" );
 		OC_Util::addScript( "eventsource" );
 		OC_Util::addScript( "config" );