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It can be done, but there it is not without reason that we require it to be done from admin:

#1 - Some people forget to set permissions for folders, so without having to have frustrating errors from frontend, they are forced to create thumbnails from backend instead.

#2 - It is often very slow to create thumbnails, so the poor first visitor will often have to wait a long time for pages to load. Additionally, if permissions are not set, it will be very intensive on the server.

#3 - We actually need to save additional information about the thumbnails from the admin, including their sizes and amount of images. This could of course technically be done through the frontend.

There is perhaps a workaround solution for you. The following script, creates all 'uncreated' thumbnails in your gallery:
yourgallery/imagevue/index.php?a=recreatethumbs&path=content/&miss=1

The above example would need you to be 'logged in' to admin by session.

We will consider an option for automatic thumbnails for frontend galleryfor a future release. Thanks for your suggestion -