A quick note that today we have released Smooth Slider version 2.1, with some minor but essential upgrades. The modifications and additions include
1. New – Now the images will not be sqashed to fit the size, rather they would be cropped properly. Used timthumb script. Caution: Please use the images stored on the same domain on the slider.
2. New – A new custom field slide_redirect_url can now be specified to redirect the slide to anothr URL than the permalink
3. Fixed – Admin menu dropdown were getting stuck only on Smooth Slider settings page, fixed that issue
Please refer the Smooth Slider plugin page for more details. And you can post all your valuable suggestions in Smooth Slider forum on Internet Techies.