Do I have the corrent concept of the Views module

Hi Guys

I just want to double check if I have this down correcly:

I can use Views to customize which fields output from another module? In other words I don't have to override theme_list if I'm not happy with the fields it outputs, the quicker and easier way would be to create a custom view, select all the fields I want, and then output that instead?

For example: The node_gallery module adds a new item to the logged in user's menu called "Gallery List". When you click "Gallery List" I can see it is calling the theme_item_list (which then calls the hook_item_list in the "node_gallery" module).

It then outputs:

A heading "Gallery LIst" at the top of the page

A Loop containing the following:

- The selected "cover image" from the gallery
- The title of the gallery
- The amount of images in the gallery
- The "date created"

The objective would be to for example add - "Uploaded by user" to the list above. So instead of trying to override theme_item_list (which I just cannot seem to get right) you could theoretically create a View with the hand picked fields you wanted, then hook up the View to the user's menu (hopefully disabling or overriding the existing "Galleries List" Menu Item). Am I right when I say this?

Would you recommend this approach?

Thank you guys

Richard