yeah-images seem like a pretty important part to get ironed out before you release a new version!
anyway- an update-
i changed my permissions on the upload folder to rwx rwx rwx, and then it allowed me upload. however there is no image- a small grey box shows up.
https://www.bowerbox.com/blog/?page_id=3
there is no image preview anywhere, so now i’m having a totally differnt problem! help, wordpress developers!