Paul Buchheit's idea for better file uploads on browsers -- anyone want to pledge to or develop it? (opens in new tab)

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6 pointsrnc00018y ago13 comments

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I don't get it -- Flash is already ubiquitous. Why does Paul want to boil the ocean?

Even multi-file Flash uploaders with progress bar indicators are free and plentiful. My favorite: http://www.element-it.com/MultiPowUpload.aspx

The only trick is getting Flash to pass session variables or some other way for the server to authenticate the user.

daltonlp18y ago

SWFUpload has worked awesomely for me:

http://labb.dev.mammon.se/swfupload/

benhoyt18y ago

That's pretty sweet! Good link -- I'll keep that in mind. (Though it doesn't do two of the things Paul was after: open a better file-select dialog, and do local data processing on the file before sending it.)

kingnothing18y ago

Doesn't work in Opera on Ubuntu.

mynameishere18y ago

http://jupload.sourceforge.net/applet-basic.html

Done.

Oh, right. No one likes Java. (I'm a little perplexed as to why the author defaulted to the nasty metal L&F).

benhoyt18y ago

For better or worse -- better, IMHO -- Buchheit's spec on his blog entry rules out Java. Quote: "Unfortunately, Java applets don't actually work, and after 11 years of not working, I'm not expecting that to change."

mynameishere18y ago

My experience is contrary to that. I've deployed applets to the general public with success. (No, not 100 percent, but the same can be said of javascript and flash.)

Try out the link for yourself, though.

benhoyt18y ago

Hmmm ... I guess I'm not the general public, but I'm running a fairly generic install of Firefox 2.0, and the page comes up with a big grey box with a red X in it. I'm not actually sure why this is, as I'm sure I've had some Java apps working in the past.

Update: Oh, the Java console shows something about an "UnsupportedClassVersionError".

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Jd18y ago

"I'm serious about this, and willing to pay quite a bit of money to make it happen."

$17 does not strike me as a lot of money.

Has anyone used and had success with this micropledge site?

benhoyt18y ago

"$17 does not strike me as a lot of money". True. Obviously Paul hasn't pledged yet. :-)

microPledge is only a few days post-launch, so success stories are low in numbers just yet. But of course we look forward to them coming in slowly but surely.

Jd18y ago

Ah, well good luck then. Tallyho!

ivankirigin18y ago

It's very new.

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sbraford18y ago

I don't get it -- Flash is already ubiquitous. Why does Paul want to boil the ocean?

Even multi-file Flash uploaders with progress bar indicators are free and plentiful. My favorite: http://www.element-it.com/MultiPowUpload.aspx

The only trick is getting Flash to pass session variables or some other way for the server to authenticate the user.

daltonlp18y ago

SWFUpload has worked awesomely for me:

http://labb.dev.mammon.se/swfupload/

benhoyt18y ago

kingnothing18y ago

Doesn't work in Opera on Ubuntu.

mynameishere18y ago

http://jupload.sourceforge.net/applet-basic.html

Done.

Oh, right. No one likes Java. (I'm a little perplexed as to why the author defaulted to the nasty metal L&F).

benhoyt18y ago

mynameishere18y ago

My experience is contrary to that. I've deployed applets to the general public with success. (No, not 100 percent, but the same can be said of javascript and flash.)

Try out the link for yourself, though.

benhoyt18y ago

Update: Oh, the Java console shows something about an "UnsupportedClassVersionError".

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Jd18y ago

"I'm serious about this, and willing to pay quite a bit of money to make it happen."

$17 does not strike me as a lot of money.

Has anyone used and had success with this micropledge site?

benhoyt18y ago

"$17 does not strike me as a lot of money". True. Obviously Paul hasn't pledged yet. :-)

microPledge is only a few days post-launch, so success stories are low in numbers just yet. But of course we look forward to them coming in slowly but surely.

Jd18y ago

Ah, well good luck then. Tallyho!

ivankirigin18y ago

It's very new.

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