I just upgraded to the newest RC and this is something I have been meaning to bring up every time I upgrade.
Every time I upgrade I recreate a small hack to display the most popular images (based on the views column) and display this on the main gallery page.
This is a very easy hack to create, but I thought others may enjoy this as well so maybe this could be added into the next release?
Here is my implementation:
http://www.dragonslist.com/gallery/ 
Linear Mode
